Pot Pourri

CultureFrench and Chinese
Titles
  • Pot Pourri
Datec. 1745–1749
PlaceFrance
MediumCeramic with celadon glaze; ormolu
Dimensions14 1/2 × 15 × 9 1/2 in. (36.8 × 38.1 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cecily E. Horton
Object number2016.347.A,.B
Current Location
Rienzi
Ballroom
Exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceSir Julius Wernher, Bt. (d. 1912), Bath House, Piccadilly, London, U.K.; by descent at Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire, U.K.; [Sold by The Trustees of the Luton Hoo Foundation, Christie’s London, June 9, 1994, lot 32]; Henry R. Kravis Collection, 1994; [Adrian Sassoon acting as agent]; MFAH, 2017.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The mounts have been struck five times with the “C couronné poinçon” a French tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper made between March 1745 and February 1749.

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