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Pair of lidded moonflasks

Pair of lidded moonflasks
 1877

Medium
earthenware
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Dr Robert Wilson Collection. Gift of Dr Robert Wilson and Colin Lane, 2008
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(a-b) 29.2 × 21.7 × 14.9 cm (overall) (swallow)
(c-d) 29.6 × 21.7 × 14.7 cm (overall) (seagull)
Inscription
(a) printed in gold on base c.: (crown) / MINTONS (in a banner) (horizontally over globe)
impressed (inverted) in base c.: MINTONS
impressed (vertically) in base c.: A
incised in base c.: (cross)
impressed in base c.: 1614 / (vertical zig-zag line)
impressed (diagonally) in base c.: (square) (in a circle)
(c) impressed in base c.: 1614
impressed (diagonally) in base c.: (square) (in a circle)
impressed (inverted) (diagonally) in base c.: MINTONS / A
incised in base c.: (cross)
printed (inverted) in gold on base c.: (crown) / MINTONS (in a banner) (horizontally over globe)
impresed in base c.: (vertical zig-zag line)
Accession Number
2008.89.a-d
Department
International Decorative Arts
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Dr Robert Wilson Collection. Gift of Dr Robert Wilson and Colin Lane, 2008
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Gallery location
Not on display

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