Acorn-Shaped Vase with Lid
1769-1780
Artists
Description
Ovoidal, with spreading base supported on a slightly uneven square decorated with Greek key design and figures; body fluted; two upright loop handles rising from the fluted body; acorn-shaped upper body; bell-shaped cover, fluted with knob finial.
Dimensions
vase with lid: 20.8 x 10.3 x 9.5 cm (8 3/16 x 4 1/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Provenance
[Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, 1914, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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