Charger
CultureEnglish
Date1680
MediumEarthenware with tin glaze and enamel (delftware)
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 14 inches (6.35 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank P. Burnap
Object number54-56
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
DescriptionTulip painted in copper-green, blue, light brown, yellow and manganese purple. Blue-dash border.Gallery LabelOrnamental ceramics, such as this charger with stylized tulips, often decorated the tops of large cabinets in the 17th and 18th centuries. The chargers reflect "tulipomania", the European craze for these flowers. The tobacco jar's central cartouche signifies that it once held tobacco from Saint-Omer, a French tobacco producer. The jar's two American Indians smoking long pipes symbolize the first American tobacco imported into Europe.
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