Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Vase
Object Number:
S-248.2a,b
Date:
1870-1880
Medium:
Porcelain, metal, enamels, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 53 x 21 in. ( 134.6 x 53.3 cm )
Marks:
painted: in lower left corner, on fountain: "Maglin"
painted: in corner of hunt scene: "AM" [conjoined]
Description:
Large hard paste porcelain ornamental vase; dark blue enamel-painted vase-shaped body with fluted neck and pedestal; two enamel-painted oval rondels, one with hunt scene of dogs attacking deer, the other with courtly scene; metal foliate handles; square metal base with canted corners; dome-shaped lid with gilded pineapple finial.
Credit Line:
The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
