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Description
Porcelain urn with two handles. Made in France. Handles are molded, with shell and medallions at top, terminated by acanthus leaves. Piece is overall gilt, except thin bands left white at base neck and outer lip. Overglaze polychrome enamel painting on obverse; burnished floral motif on reverse. Clear glaze on inside of urn. Upper and lower portions of urn made in two pieces and bolted together below the painted panel. (This is different from the construction of other, similar pieces which are bolted together at the base of the urn and the top of the pedestal).
The painted scene shows a young man leaning down to offer water from a spring pipe to a young lady leaning on the rocks. Both are dressed in classical garb, he in purple and she in yellow.
The painted scene shows a young man leaning down to offer water from a spring pipe to a young lady leaning on the rocks. Both are dressed in classical garb, he in purple and she in yellow.
Extent
14.0" H x 8.75" W x 4.25" D
Medium
Porcelain
Provenance
Gift of Pauline T. Pease
Collection
Bonaparte Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Identifier
1979.09.01
Temporal Coverage
Mid-19th Century