Keywords: Pierre Courteys - Ewer with Triumph of Venus and Neptune - Walters 44278 - Profile.jpg Painted in grisaille this elegant ewer would originally have been paired with a basin of similar design ca 1567 Renaissance painted enamel and gilded copper H cm 26 3 accession number 44 278 19544 Sir Andrew Fountaine 1676-1753 of Narford Hall Norfolk England date and mode of acquisition unknown Andrew Fountaine 1808-1874 date of acquisition unknown by inheritance Sale of the Narford Heirlooms London June 16 1884 lot 286 William A Tyssen-Amherst son-in-law of Andrew Fountaine created in 1892 Baron Amherst of Hackney Didlington Hall Brandon Norfolk England date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale London December 11 1908 lot 60 Seligmann Brothers Paris 1908 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1911 Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1999-2000 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Pierre Courteys Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum Triumph of Neptune Triumph of Venus Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet |