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Flower container (Jardiniere)
Sèvres Porcelain Factory
1753-1765
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
1971.0239
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison
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Object Number
1971.0239
Object Name
Flower container (Jardiniere)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Sèvres Porcelain Factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Sevres; Deux-Sèvres; France; Europe
Date
1753-1765
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Painted in blue enamel: crossed script "L"s, "BD" below
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
7.287 (H) x 8.002 (W) x 10.256 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
18.51 (H) x 20.325 (W) x 26.05 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Eriksen, Svend, et al. 1987 Sèvres Porcelain. Vincennes and Sèvres 1740- 1800.
• "BD" mark is of gilder Francois Baudoin (pere) active c. 1750- 1800, p. 157 no. 12Book: Roth, Linda H. & Le Corbeiller, Clare. 2000 French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum: The J. Pierpont Morgan Collection.
• Pots with "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.