Pot Pourri

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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

On view

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Department

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Object Type

CERAMICS

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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