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Plate (Dinner plate)
Sèvres Porcelain Factory
1780-1785
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
1971.0238.013
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison
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Object Number
1971.0238.013
Object Name
Plate (Dinner plate)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Sèvres Porcelain Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Sèvres; Deux-Sèvres; France; Europe
Date
1780-1785
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Painted in blue enamel: "cc" within crossed script "L"s, "V." below, and "IN" to the right
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
1.252 (H) x 9.872 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.18 (H) x 25.075 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Cushion, J. P. & Honey, W. B. 1980 Handbook of Pottery and Porcelain Marks.
• List of Sevres date-letter marks: p. 46Book: Eriksen, Svend, et al. 1987 Sèvres Porcelain. Vincennes and Sèvres 1740- 1800.
• Painters' and gilders' marks illustrated: pp. 153- 54, "V." (no. 126) was used by "an undetermined painter of flowers working c. 1769 - 95", p. 166 and "IN" is possibly the gilder Jean Chauvaux jeune active 1765- 1802, p. 161Article: 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.