Vase
1875 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
F, P, SEVRES, 19
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with applied slip, painting in colours, and gilding |
| Brief description | F, P, SEVRES, 19 |
| Gallery label | VASE
123-1877
'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'
The form of this vase is called a Potiche Ovoide Allongée. Leopold Gély was one of a group of artists at Sèvres specialising in applied slip (pâte-sur-pâte) decoration of whom the best known are Taxile Doat (born 1851) and Mark-Louis-Emmanuel Solon (1835-1913), who brought the technique to England.
Given by Mons. le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts(1987-2006) |
| Credit line | Given by Mons. le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 123-1877 |
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| Record created | April 11, 2006 |
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