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Plate (Dinner plate)
Sèvres Porcelain Factory
1765-1785
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Sèvres Porcelain Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Sèvres; Deux-Sèvres; France; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1971.0238.010
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison
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Object Number
1971.0238.010
Object Name
Plate (Dinner plate)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Sèvres Porcelain Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Sèvres; Deux-Sèvres; France; Europe
Date
1765-1785
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Incised painter's mark: am "F" with a downwards flex on the upper bar and a cross at the end of the lower bar
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
1.102 (H) x 9.872 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.8 (H) x 25.075 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Dauterman, Carl Christian. 1986 Sèvres Porcelain: Makers and Marks of the Eighteenth Century.
• Illustrates same incised mark found on a vase in the Waddesdon collection, c. 1773: p. 193Article: 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.