Planter [dove motif]

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Planter [dove motif]
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  • Title :     Planter [dove motif]
  • Artist:     H. Bergé Designer Rambervillers Maker
  • Accession:     TD1992.56.1
  • Country:     France Rambervillers
  • Date:     1906
  • Dimensions:     Inches 6-1/2 14 7-1/2, Centimeters 16.5 35.6 19.1
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Decorative Arts and Furniture
  • Collection Theme:     Art Nouveau
  • Subject:     Domestic , Birds , Ceramics/Ceramic Design , Animals
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchel Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     TD1992.56.1.JPG
  • Tags:     Art Nouveau~Decorative Arts and Furniture
Description:
Oval shaped pink lustreware planter adorned with relief images; on each side there is a dove's head resting on its chest which curves outward to form a handle; stylized wings reach from the sides to the center front and rear to form the border for a centralized anthemion ornament; below top rim of obverse and reverse is a border containing multiple flower buds.