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Dish
Sèvres Porcelain Factory
1765-1775
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Sèvres Porcelain Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Sevres; Deux-Sèvres; France; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1965.2919.001
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1965.2919.001
Object Name
Dish
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Sèvres Porcelain Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Sevres; Deux-Sèvres; France; Europe
Date
1765-1775
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside, near footrim
Inscription: Incised script decorator's initials "jf" and copied below in black ink
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
1.376 (H) x 9.961 (W) x 11.998 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.495 (H) x 25.3 (W) x 30.475 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Roth, Linda H. & Le Corbeiller, Clare. 2000 French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum: The J. Pierpont Morgan Collection.
• Pots with painted "trophies": pl. 158, pp. 317, 318Article: Fairclough, Oliver. 2018 'A Very Masterly stile': The British Taste for Sevres Porcelain, 1763-1793. 67-82.
• Same pattern wares carried by London China Merchant Thomas Morgan in 1760s: pp. 73-74, no. 13, Sevres plate in "feuille de chous" design.