Name/Title
VaseEntry/Object ID
MP.87.553Description
Mostly white vase with molded, nearly three-dimensional floral ornament surrounding a painted scene of a landscape containing classical buildings with various flowers in foreground: basic outline of vase as follows: flaring, roughly oval-shaped foot tapers to base of vase which is bulbous andf flares widely at the top; back and front flattened; molded ornament: at base in form of two intertwined, three lobed leaves in front and back; as handles in form of circular, intertwined vines with pendant leaves and pods; around top in form of intertwined leaves in center flanked by large, petalled flowers with beading in center and pendant pods hanging from centers; ornament is highlighted in gilt; a scene on front is painted in enamels; two classical buildings, one with pediment and columns, in right foreground; mounts, water and trees also in background; in foreground, grouping of flowers including blue and pink, yellow, orange and black, orange and yellow, white and yellow, and blue; underneath object, very base of vase has a foot (which rests on table) as well as edge of foot.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
UnknownAttribution
MakerNotes
Dates: 1834 - 1867
Date made: r. 1834 - 1867Dimensions
Dimension Description
OverallHeight
12-3/4 inWidth
15-3/8 inDepth
9-1/4 inDimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 12 3/4 x 15 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. (32.4 x 39.1 x 23.5 cm)General Notes
Note Type
Curatorial RemarksNote
Details of condition: Hanging pods missing from lefthandle; broken lobe on leaf on right handle; approximately 9" crack down back; broken flower on back (on left if facing back straight on); gilt worn; surface crazing on right interior near top.Note Type
StorageNoteNote
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Livingston Bedroom