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Source Description
This shape is meant to hold icy water in which two bottles of liquor could stand and be cooled. The central perforated divider allowed for the free flow of water and served to keep the bottles upright.
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Document identity
localId
23324
label
Liqueur Bottle Cooler (seau ovale à liqueur)
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
23324
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Liqueur Bottle Cooler (seau ovale à liqueur)
description
This shape is meant to hold icy water in which two bottles of liquor could stand and be cooled. The central perforated divider allowed for the free flow of water and served to keep the bottles upright.
provenance
E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, No. 73 [date and mode of acquisition unknow]; A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1791
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
jardinières (containers)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11.8
height
30.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 5/8 x W: 12 in. (11.75 x 30.48 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Factory Mark] Intertwined Lls; [Date] Letter: nn (1791); [Decorator's Mark] D. T. (Dutanda)
med
hard paste porcelain
creator_ids
6229
1916
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
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6d63b78200878a25
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no
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no
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2
type
photo
mediaId
07e4f38b083bf640
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no
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no