Polychrome Delft Style Covered Vase with Wildlife Motifs
A Dutch polychrome Delft style covered vase, late 19th century, a large lobed and waisted vase with a domed lid and acorn finial decorated, with deer, bird life and vegetal motifs in cartouches on a painted lattice, ground in a muted blue, iron red and aubergine palette with touches of green, bearing mark Ak underside (after Adrianus Kocx 1687-1701), height 17.32 in.
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- Finial - An architectural decoration, found on the upper parts of of an object. On furniture they are usually found on pediments, canopies and shelf supports. On smaller ceramic or silver items, such as spoons, they may decorate the top of the item itself, or the lid or cover where they provide a useful handle for removal.
Finials have a variety of shapes and forms. They may be urn-shaped, baluster shaped round or spiral, but usually taper into an upper point. Many real life shapes may also be used as finials, such as pineapples, berries, pinecones, buds, lotus and acorns. Sometimes animals such as a lion are depicted, or fish and dolphins. - Polychrome - Made or finished in many colours. For furniture, it is used to indicated a painted finish.
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