English flower holder in the form of a cornucopia

An image of Wall Pocket/Flower Holder. Unidentified Staffordshire factory. In the form of a cornucopia with a spirally fluted lower part, a wide upper border of fruiting vine, and a wavy rim. The upper part of the back is undecorated and is pierced by two suspension holes in the middle near the top edge. White stoneware, slip-cast, and salt-glazed, height, whole, 22.5 cm, width, top, 12.5, cm, width, middle, 4.5 cm, circa 1745-1760. Rococo.

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Wall Pocket/Flower Holder. Unidentified Staffordshire factory. In the form of a cornucopia with a spirally fluted lower part, a wide upper border of fruiting vine, and a wavy rim. The upper part of the back is undecorated and is pierced by two suspension holes in the middle near the top edge. White stoneware, slip-cast, and salt-glazed, height, whole, 22.5 cm, width, top, 12.5, cm, width, middle, 4.5 cm, circa 1745-1760. Rococo.

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Accession Number: C.588-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 768 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 326.86kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 13/1

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18th Century conical cornucopia cornucopiae English flower holder flower stand Georgian glazed pottery Roccoco Rococo salt-glazed sconce slip cast slipware spirally spirals Staffordshire Pottery stoneware vine leaves vines wall pocket waves wavy

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