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    Posted 9 years ago

    ho2cultcha
    (5051 items)

    i can't believe how beautiful this piece is! it's so gorgeous - those birds! and even the handles and the white part. there are traces of gold gilding around the rim, but mostly worn away. can anyone tell me where this is from or anything about it? is this Imari porcelain?

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    1. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 9 years ago
      That looks like pottery, not porcelain.
      The handles were added after the pot was fashioned. A combination of transfer print and hand painting. Those small cracks on the base look like firing cracks. That would look great with a brightly colored, flowering plant in it. :-)
    2. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 9 years ago
      thanks Efes. it's made out of whatever toilets are made of - very heavy and strong - hence no chips. regardless of it's age or value, it's an incredibly strong and beautiful jardinere - in my opinion.
    3. mikelv85 mikelv85, 9 years ago
      Pretty cool Ho2...since you mention toilet bowls (vitreous china) maybe it's a Chinese chamber pot...:)
    4. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 9 years ago
      OK - toilets are made from porcelain, but I wonder about the rings on the bottom.
    5. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 9 years ago
      thanks mikelv85 and Efes! what do you think the rings are Efes? they really are difficult to see - only w/ the light sharply angled.
    6. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 9 years ago
      this pot is sooo heavy for it's size.
    7. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 9 years ago
      Can you feel any ripples on the inside? Jardinieres are normally big, heavy pots. I didn't find this particular design in Google Images.
    8. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 9 years ago
      rucklcz, thanks for confirming.
    9. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 9 years ago
      hi rucklcz! i always love to get your opinion, even if i don't always agree! which is the case here. that grainy dark surface is from spray paint that had gotten on it at some point in it's life. there was a lot of different colored paints on it and i've been slowly cleaning it. i'm pretty certain that it's porcelain. it has that ring to it too. Efes - i can't feel any ripples on the inside of it at all.
    10. inky inky, 9 years ago
      Fabulous handles....:-)
    11. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 9 years ago
      thank you inky!
    12. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 9 years ago
      i think that this piece might be British after all!
    13. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 9 years ago
      Here are examples of Imari porcelain jardinieres:

      http://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/antique_imari_porcelain_jardiniere_circa_1875/as151a807

      Yours looks to be loosely modeled after this fish bowl:

      https://www.auktionshaus-stahl.de/katalog-archiv.php?detail=68131&katalog=11
    14. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 9 years ago
      Thank you Efes! i have determined that this bowl is not Asian, but from great britain or it's continental. it's pretty old too. interestingly, someone on fb told me that they can tell it's european and not asian by the way the birds are chattering to one another.
    15. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 9 years ago
      i think it's british versions of Chinese work. i saw some very similar birds on some Spode pieces.

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