Box

Object Name:

Box

Object ID:

1942.001.10

Creator:

Vreeswijk, P. F.Ceramicist

Place of Origin:

Delft, Holland

Date:

1885-1934

Description:

Box in trifid shape, with hinged lid. Handpainted polychrome tin-glazed earthenware. It has a convex lid and a flat bottom. Lid decoration shows scene with man and woman, standing on greensward with trees in back and foreground. The man is dressed in a yellow coat and red knickers; he holds a triangular hat in his left hand and a cane in his right hand. He wears a wig. He is looking toward the woman. The woman is wearing a blue bodice and overskirt and a red skirt. She holds a yellow basket in her right hand. Her left hand is held up. She is wearing a necklace and earrings. There are also birds in the sky in the background. Side walls of the box are decorated with flowers, in pinks, blues, purple, yellow and green, including a red rose on the front, and 2 pink butterflies in between some of the flowers. Metal frame and hinge around cover and box; the metal is plated brass, and is decorated with a diamond and dot pattern all around; protrusion on front forms a clasp. Marker's mark in hand-painted underglaze blue on bottom: "VP.". In the interior is an adhesive label "M. H. Jewell / Loan for 1942".

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware

Metal
Tin
Brass

Dimensions:

H-1.9 W-3.2 D-3.45 inches

Provenance:

From the collection of Margaret Jewell (1866-1970).
The VP maker's mark has been attributed both to the mid-18th-century Veuve Perrin factory of Marseilles, France, and to painter P. F. Vreeswijk who worked at the Porceleyne Fles factory in Delft, Holland, 1885-1934. Curator Wes Balla determined that the painting style was late 19th century, and therefore concurred with the later interpretation.

Credit Line:

Gift of Margaret H. Jewell

People:

Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)

Subjects:

Flowers, Trees