Plant Container or Cache Pot
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MANUFACTURER
Union Porcelain Works, 1863–ca. 1922
MEDIUM
Porcelain
DATES
ca. 1877
DIMENSIONS
5 7/8 x 9 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (14.9 x 23.8 x 23.8 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
On underside: transfer-printed in green, "U.P.W." above head of an eagle; transfer-printed in tan, "[within urn] UNION / PORCELAIN / WORKS / GREENPOINT / N.Y."
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptions
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
68.87.47
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Franklin Chace
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
White porcelain plant container or cache pot with vitreous glaze and applied decorations and gilding. Squat cylinder form; indented band near both top and bottom edge. One side is decorated with different birds and a nest in flowering branches. Opposite side has three panels, each surrounded by thin branches: central panel is star-shaped with scene of field mouse and clams; each side panel is rectangular in shape with a lady in period costume. Gold, black, and red-orange bands around both top and bottom edge.
Condition: Good; some losses to paint and gilding.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Union Porcelain Works (1863–ca. 1922). Plant Container or Cache Pot, ca. 1877. Porcelain, 5 7/8 x 9 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (14.9 x 23.8 x 23.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Franklin Chace, 68.87.47. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 68.87.47_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 68.87.47_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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