Plant Pot (Caisse à fleurs carrée)
This square plant pot is in the shape of larger terracotta tubs used for orange trees at Versailles. It has a pink ground color with leaf-shaped reserve panels on each of the four sides, with finely painted children playing in landscapes. The borders of the panels have gilt scrolls and trellis work surrounding them.
This pink ground color is often called "rose Pompadour" or "rose Dubarry," after the famous mistresses of King Louis XV. However, there is no evidence that either mistress was associated with its invention.
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Provenance
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. 10 [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 9/16 x W: 4 1/4 in. (14.2 x 10.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
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.
48.584