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Vase

Designer Daniel Marot the Elder French
Factory director Period of Adrianus Kocx
ca. 1690
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 509
With handles consisting of entwined snakes and a cover fitted with two tiers of nozzles for flowers, this vase belongs to a group of impressive Delft show pieces on stands made during the time that the Dutch stadtholder William of Orange and his wife Princess Mary Stuart were co-sovereigns of the United Kingdom. Many of these ambitious designs were created at De Grieksche A (Greek A) factory when it was owned by Adrianus Kocx (1687–1701). Amusingly, the decoration on the cover includes a multi-nozzled flower vase. The original base, presumably decorated with ornament to match, is lost.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vase
  • Designer: Daniel Marot the Elder (French, Paris 1661–1752 The Hague)
  • Manufactory: The "Greek A" Factory
  • Factory director: Period of Adrianus Kocx (working 1689–94)
  • Date: ca. 1690
  • Culture: Dutch, Delft
  • Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware (Delftware)
  • Dimensions: Height: 28 1/2 in. (72.4 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Helen Hay Whitney and Gift of George D. Widener, by exchange, 1994
  • Object Number: 1994.218a–c
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Base for a tulip vase, The "Greek A" Factory, Tin-glazed earthenware (Delftware), Dutch, Delft
On loan to The Met
Base for a tulip vase
The "Greek A" Factory
ca. 1690
Design for Embroidery with Surface Ornamentation, from Nouveaux Liure d'Ornements Propres pour Faire en Broderié et Petit Point, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Daniel Marot the Elder
Pierre Husson
published 1689–1712
Two Oval Designs for Table Clothes, from Nouveaux Liure d'Ornements Propres pour Faire en Broderié et Petit Point, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Daniel Marot the Elder
Pierre Husson
published 1689–1712
Three Vertical Strips with Candelabra, from Nouveaux Liure d'Ornements Propres pour Faire en Broderié et Petit Point, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Daniel Marot the Elder
Pierre Husson
published 1689–1712
Design for a Gate Above Two Keyholes and a Key, from Nouveau Liure de Serrurie, part of Œuvres du Sr. D. Marot
Daniel Marot the Elder
Pierre Husson
published 1689–1712

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