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Plate (Dinner plate)
Sèvres Porcelain Factory
1778-1785
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
1971.0238.012
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison
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Object Number
1971.0238.012
Object Name
Plate (Dinner plate)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Sèvres Porcelain Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Sevres; Deux-Sèvres; France; Europe
Date
1778-1785
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Lavender enamel mark: "aa" (1778) within script crossed Ls, "LB" is above
Type: Mark
Location: Underside, near footrim
Inscription: Four blue dots are painted in a row
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
1.102 (H) x 9.526 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.8 (H) x 24.195 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Dauterman, Carl Christian. 1986 Sèvres Porcelain: Makers and Marks of the Eighteenth Century.
• Decorator's mark: "L B" for "Le Bel (III) 1777- 90+" illustrated p: 147Book: Cushion, J. P. & Honey, W. B. 1980 Handbook of Pottery and Porcelain Marks.
• List of Sevres date-letter marks: p. 46Article: 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.