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Flask

In the form of a mermaid seated on the back of a dolphin raised on a mound painted to simulate waves. The dolphin and mermaid are picked out in blue and manganese purple. Her head is pierced with a hole, which forms the entrance to the flask.
Size: Height: 18 cm.
X.4076

Artist / Maker: Nevers Faience

Place: France

Object Type: flask

Period: Louis XV

Actual Date: c. 1750

Century: 18th century

Material: Faience

Museum Accession Number: Founders/X.4076