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Willets Manufacturing Company American
The orchid blossoms on this luxurious vase, which was intended as an object for display, were painstakingly rendered with botanical accuracy in gilded enamels that required multiple firings in the kiln.
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Title: Vase
Maker:
Willets Manufacturing Company (1879–1908)
Date: 1887–1905
Geography: Made in Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Porcelain
Dimensions: Approx. H. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. Burton P. Fabricand Gift, 2005
Object Number: 2005.453
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