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Culture:Dutch
Title:chimney vase
Date Made:mid 18th century
Type:Household Accessory; Container
Materials:ceramic: tin-glazed earthenware (Delftware) decorated in cobalt blue
Place Made:The Netherlands; Holland
Measurements:overall: 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.; cm
Accession Number:  HD 58.003
Credit Line:Gift of Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
One of two Dutch delft baluster-shaped chimney vase decorated in blue with a water landscape scene. One side of the vase has a large, shaped reserve decorated with half flower heads, and a scene of a large bulding next to the water in the foreground and a taller building in the background. There is a long flower srpig on the opposite side. The rim is surrounded by four intersecting 'V' shapes alternating with four 'O's. According to Jonathan Horne, 1/23/95, these vases are Dutch and have lost their covers.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location)

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