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Potpourri vase

Photo: Paul Macapia

Potpourri vase

ca. 1765

English, Chelsea

Porcelain vases with pierced lids and shoulders were used as containers for aromatic mixtures of flowers. Potpourri was either a liquid scented with flower petals and herbs or a blend of dried flowers and herbs. Vases containing these mixtures were strategically placed in rooms throughout homes.
Soft paste porcelain
13 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. (34.3 x 10.48 cm)
Gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson
76.237.1
Photo: Paul Macapia
location
Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Media

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SAM's Porcelain Room

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Bird Sanctuary", August 17, 1995 - February 11, 1996. (08/17/1995 - 02/11/1996)
Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 242

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