Wall pocket, one of a pair

Dateca. 1760

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

DimensionsOH: 7 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1951-533,2

DescriptionPair of fluted cornucopia-shaped vases with knop finials and undulating rims, one curving to the right, the other to the left. Slip cast with blue tin glaze decorated under the mouth in blue with three repeats of peony blossom, stem, and foliage.
Label TextPockets designed to hang on the wall presumably as flower containers were popular in England in the mid-eighteenth century and were produced extensively in salt-glazed stoneware, lead-glazed earthenware, and delft. They were also made in porcelain in Worcester and London. In spite of their popularity, no known contemporary print or written document shows a wall pocket in use or describes that use. Several variations on this type of curved wall pocket were popular. One of the two recorded dated wall pockets is of this shape and is inscribed 1748.
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ProvenanceD. M. & P. Manheim, London