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Watering Can (arrosoir, deuxième grandeur)

Date: 1755
Medium: Soft paste porcelain with lead glaze, enamel and gilding
Culture: French
Department: Decorative Arts
Institution: Getty Museum

The form and gilt bands on this small watering can, decorated with sprays of flowers and gilding, imitate contemporary ones made of metal. The Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory made two sizes of watering cans beginning in 1753. This is the smaller size, only five examples of which are known today. It was probably used indoors for watering plants.

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