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1926

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2015

2025

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Semi-Cylindrical Bulb Pot Bulb Pot

This is a Bulb pot. It was probably Royal Worcester. It is dated ca. 1795 and we acquired it in 1926. Its medium is porcelain, 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.

  • Cache-pot
  • tin-glazed earthenware.
  • Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
  • 2017-20-8
  • Bulb Pot
  • tin-glazed earthenware.
  • Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
  • 2017-20-5-a,b
This object has not been digitized yet.
  • Portable Garden, 2016
  • H x W x D: 81.3 × 61 × 61 cm (32 × 24 × 24 in.).
  • Lent by Kate Cutlip.
  • 68.2017.1

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (a,b: overall): 19.5 × 22 × 19.8 cm (7 11/16 × 8 11/16 × 7 13/16 in.) H x W x D (a: pot): 16 × 22 × 10.5 cm (6 5/16 × 8 11/16 × 4 1/8 in.) H x W x D (b: cover): 3 × 19.8 × 9.3 cm (1 3/16 × 7 13/16 × 3 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Back of a: [1] "x" (?), painted in underglaze blue (upper left corner) [2] "DAMAGED / The Manhattan / Storage and / Warehouse Co. / F49 3-40", printed in red on rectangular label Reverse of b: [1] "B", incised

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Semi-Cylindrical Bulb Pot Bulb Pot; Probably Royal Worcester (England, GB, United Kingdom); porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D (a,b: overall): 19.5 × 22 × 19.8 cm (7 11/16 × 8 11/16 × 7 13/16 in.) H x W x D (a: pot): 16 × 22 × 10.5 cm (6 5/16 × 8 11/16 × 4 1/8 in.) H x W x D (b: cover): 3 × 19.8 × 9.3 cm (1 3/16 × 7 13/16 × 3 11/16 in.); Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1926-22-455-a,b

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