Plant Pot (Caisse à fleurs carrée)
1757
soft paste porcelain
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This square plant pot is in the shape of larger terracotta tubs used for orange trees at Versailles. It has a pink ground color often referred to as "rose Pompadour" or "rose Dubarry."
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, No. 11 [date and mode of acquisition unknow]; A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 5/8 x W: 4 1/4 in. (14.29 x 10.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.585