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2024-54, Vase
Spill Vase with paw feet (one of a pair)
2024-54, Vase

Spill Vase with paw feet (one of a pair)

Date1826-1838
Maker Tucker Porcelain Manufactory (1826-1838)
OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
MediumHard-paste porcelain
DimensionsOH: 4 5/16"; OD: 2 1/4".
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edna G. Tucker and Ms. Wendy S. Tucker in memory of Edward Bolton (Teddy) Tucker, M.B.E.
Object number2024-54
DescriptionSpill Vase: cylindrical concave base supports three paw feet that, in turn, support a cylindrical vase that rises to a double cordon and an everted slightly flared mouth. Traces of gilding at the base, on the feet, the cordon, and the top rim. The body is painted green, yellow brown, blue and pink in the round with a continuous mountainous riverscape with one Italianate-style building amidst trees, a section of fence, and a grassy shore. Three irregular slash marks incised to underside of the foot.
MarkingsThree irregular slash marks incised to underside of the foot.
ProvenanceAccording to family tradition, originally purchased by Richard Jennings Tucker and his wife of New York and Bermuda or Robert and Sarah Tucker. Descended to Catharine Fitch Tucker [February 28,1879-August 22,1970] who gifted the piece to her neice, Joan Leonora Tucker Fowle [October 19, 1929-January 26, 2023], then it descended to Wendy Susan Tucker.