Cruet Stand
ca. 1760-1790 (made)
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Boat-shaped slightly bombé stand with two large and two small compartments; the exterior of the stand is moulded with panels with 'rice grain' ornament and scrollwork borders, the handles are formed as winged beasts
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Creamware (faïence fine), with moulded decoration |
| Brief description | One from a set of four cruet stands, probably made at Pont-aux-Choux pottery factory, Paris, about 1760-1790 |
| Physical description | Boat-shaped slightly bombé stand with two large and two small compartments; the exterior of the stand is moulded with panels with 'rice grain' ornament and scrollwork borders, the handles are formed as winged beasts |
| Gallery label | Gallery 128 Decant 2003
The original cruets may have been glass.(07/06/2004) |
| Production | Acquired as Pont-aux-Choux, 2nd half of the 18th century; relabelled as Pont-aux-Choux, late 18th century; examined by Christian Maire November 2004, who considered it Pont-aux-Choux. |
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| Bibliographic reference | For cruet stand with similar handles (but different mouldings etc) described as "Pont-aux-Choux" (within quotation marks), see de La Hubaudière and Soudée Lacombe, Edme Serrurier, Entrepreneur de la Manufacture Royalle des Terres d'Angleterre Etablie a Paris, Revue de la Société des Amis du Musée National de Céramique, no. 12, 2003, fig. 5, where the authors comment that the original cruets were of glass. |
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| Accession number | 357B-1886 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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