Covered Vase
This vase features decoration that imitates 18th-century works made by the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. However, it's large size, elaborate gilded metal mounts, and other features point to it being made by an unknown manufacturer, likely French or English, in the late 19th century when 18th-century Sèvres porcelains were being sought by many wealthy collectors in both Europe and the Americas. The military scene on the front of the vase is signed “A Maglin”.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Owned by Katherine Diston Porter Hopkins (Mrs. D. Luke Hopkins), Owings Mills, Maryland; given to the Walters Art Museum, 1987.
Geographies
England?
(Place of Origin)
France? (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 23 1/2 in. (59.69 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. D. Luke Hopkins, 1987
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.
48.2543