Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Pair of Vases with Portraits of Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott

Front of both vases

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Pair of Vases with Portraits of Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott
MakerFrench, established 1756
ArtistFrench, 1787–1849
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Pair of Vases with Portraits of Lord Byron and Sir Walter Scott
Date1833
MediumHard-paste porcelain
DimensionsOverall (.1 Sir Walter Scott vase): 13 × 5 13/16 × 5 13/16 in. (33 × 14.7 × 14.7 cm)
Overall (.2 Lord Byron vase): 12 7/8 × 5 13/16 × 5 13/16 in. (32.7 × 14.7 × 14.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cecily E. Horton
Object number2023.249.1,.2
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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
Provenance[Michele Beiny, New York]; Cecily Horton, 2019; MFAH, 2023
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.1 Front, lower center inscribed in black paint: WALTER SCOTT.
.2 Front, lower center inscribed in black paint: BYRON.
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