{"id":88,"date":"2010-03-11T07:35:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T12:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=88"},"modified":"2011-12-18T12:30:48","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T17:30:48","slug":"french-delft-ewer-c-late-1600%e2%80%99s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=88","title":{"rendered":"French Delft ewer, c.1690"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A French red body tin glazed earthenware ewer in traditional blue &amp; white Delft decoration. Made for export, most likely for the Persian market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22292.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4090\" title=\"IMG_2229\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22292.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22292.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22292-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I found this unusual piece in an antique shop in Cold Spring Harbor, NY\u00a0while working on the film Eat Pray Love as a set decorator.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2231.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4092\" title=\"IMG_2231\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2231.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2231-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elaborate metal mounts with dangling glass \u201cjewels\u201d replace the original ceramic spout, handle and cover.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2230.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4091\" title=\"IMG_2230\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2230.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2230-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2230-300x299.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The metal twisted rope style handle replaces the original long-gone handle, which would have been much simpler in form. It attaches at the bottom of the ewer to the stub of the broken handle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2232.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4093\" title=\"IMG_2232\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2232.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2232-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Decorative multi-color glass beads\u00a0are wired on to the metal cover and spout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22351.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4094\" title=\"IMG_2235\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22351.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22351.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_22351-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ewer has a delicate baluster form and measures 6-1\/2\u201d high.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2233.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4095\" title=\"IMG_2233\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2233.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2233-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This similarly shaped ewer still sports its original handle and spout, although to me it looks a bit naked without the fanciful adornments found on my ewer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6023\" title=\"Picture 2\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-21.png 365w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture-21-254x300.png 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\">eBay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A French red body tin glazed earthenware ewer in traditional blue &amp; white Delft decoration. Made for export, most likely for the Persian market. I found this unusual piece in an antique shop in Cold Spring Harbor, NY\u00a0while working on the film Eat Pray Love as a set decorator. Elaborate metal mounts with dangling glass [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[15,54,40,77,124,56],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ewerdecanter","tag-blue-white","tag-delft","tag-metal-handle","tag-metal-lid","tag-metal-spout","tag-tin-glaze"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}