Cachepot with Flower Motif and Animal Mask Handles

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
On spreading foot an inverted bell-shaped, gadrooned body with six-lobed edge. Sides decorated with relief flowering branches. Two gaping animal masks form handles. Light buff clay with transparent glaze.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
ca. 1765
Credit Line
Gift of Catharine Oglesby
Medium
faience
Dimensions
H x W: 13 x 17.7 cm (5 1/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Object Name
cachepot
Type
cachepot
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