Covered Water Jug
Vincennes Manufactory
(France)
1753
Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold; gold mounts
DimensionsOverall (without mount): 19.4 x 14.5 x 11.9 cm (7 5/8 x 5 11/16 x 4 11/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.1816
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceMrs. Leopold Rothschild (b. 1862 - d. 1937), London; by descent to her son, Anthony de Rothschild (b. 1887 - d. 1961), London [see note 1]. Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York; sold by Rosenberg and Stiebel to James W. Barney (d. by 1948), New York; May 8, 1948, Barney estate sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, lot 78, to Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, for Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] Provenance until 1948 is taken from "Notable French Furniture and Objets d'Art," Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 8, 1948, p. 34, lot 78.
NOTES:
[1] Provenance until 1948 is taken from "Notable French Furniture and Objets d'Art," Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 8, 1948, p. 34, lot 78.
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