Vase

Willets Manufacturing Company

1887–1905 · Porcelain · The American Wing

The orchid blossoms on this luxurious vase, which was intended as an object for display, were painstakingly rendered with botanical accuracy in gilded enamels that required multiple firings in the kiln.

Artist

Willets Manufacturing Company

Date

1887–1905

Medium

Porcelain

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. Burton P. Fabricand Gift, 2005