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Monteith
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
1965.2919.004
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1965.2919.004
Object Name
Monteith
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
Inscription: Painted in blue enamel: crossed script "L"s enclosing date-letter "ee" (1782), a group of five dots is below
Type: Mark
Location: Underside, near footrim
Inscription: A blue dot and short dash
Type: Mark
Location: Underside, near footrim
Inscription: Incised: "14 B"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
5.177 (H) x 7.904 (W) x 11.949 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.15 (H) x 20.075 (W) x 30.35 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Eriksen, Svend. 1973 French Porcelain in Palazzo Pitti.
• Similarly molded Sevres monteith dated 1769: p. 79, fig. 39Book: Paston-Williams, Sara. The Art of Dining: A History of Cooking and Eating.
• Period references to monteiths: p. 191 (see Notes, this record).Article: McNab, Jessie. 08//1962 Monteiths: English, American, Continental. Antiques. 156-160.
• General discussion of monteiths in broad range of materialsArticle: McNab, Jessie. 08//1962 Monteiths: English, American, Continental. Antiques. 156-160.
• Page from Sevres design book showing similar form monteith: p. 159, fig. 13, c. 1770Book: Roth, Linda H. & Le Corbeiller, Clare. 2000 French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum: The J. Pierpont Morgan Collection.
• Wine glass coolers (different enamel and gilt pattern) and plaster model for similar form vessel: pp. 287-90, no. 146, Sevres, 1794, soft paste porcelain, with detailed discussion.Article: 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.Web Site: NYC Archaeological Repository: The Nan A. Rothschild Research Center. Shell Edged Pearlware Monteith. NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission 2021 http://archaeology.cityofnewyork.us/collection/search/7-hanover-square-207250-shell-edged-pearlware-monteith/decoration/painted/material/earthenware/page/19
• Staffordshire pearlware shell-edge monteith of much the same form excavated in NYC: 7 Hanover Square site NY, NY, object date 1775-1810, blue-painted shell edge.