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1926

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2015

2025

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Ice Cream Cooler (Seau à Glace; One of a Pair) Cooler With Lining And Cover

This is a cooler with lining and cover. It is dated ca. 1795 and we acquired it in 1926. Its medium is porcelain (possibly soft paste), vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane. It is credited Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (a): 19.3 × 21.6 × 25.3 cm (7 5/8 × 8 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.) H x diam. (b): 10.5 × 21.5 cm (4 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.) H x diam. (c): 7 × 20.5 cm (2 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside of stand: [1] "B2", incised underglaze

It is signed

Not signed

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Ice Cream Cooler (Seau à Glace; One of a Pair) Cooler With Lining And Cover; porcelain (possibly soft paste), vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D (a): 19.3 × 21.6 × 25.3 cm (7 5/8 × 8 1/2 × 9 15/16 in.) H x diam. (b): 10.5 × 21.5 cm (4 1/8 × 8 7/16 in.) H x diam. (c): 7 × 20.5 cm (2 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.); Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1926-22-467-a/c

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