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Seau a rafraichir executé pour Mr. le Duc en 1723

Print
ca.1745 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate depicting a design for an ice pail.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Seau a rafraichir executé pour Mr. le Duc en 1723 (assigned by artist)
  • Neuvième livre des Oeuvres de J. A. Meissonnier (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etched and engraved
Brief description
Plate depicting a design for an ice pail made for the Duc de Bourbon. From a set (6 on 3 sheets) entitled 'Neuvième livre des Oeuvres de J. A. Meissonnier' (series letter I). Engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier, ca.1745.
Physical description
Plate depicting a design for an ice pail.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.1cm
  • Width: 26.1cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Seau a rafraichir executé pour Mr. le Duc en 1723' 'J. A. Meissonnier inv. Huquier Sculp. et ex rue St. Jacque C.P.R.' 'I' (Lettered, and with publisher's letter)
  • '58' (Numbered)
Object history
From 'Oeuvre de Juste Aurèle Meissonnier', a volume of engravings after the works of the French designer, architect and goldsmith, Juste Aurèle Meissonnier (1695-1750). These were issued in three editions between 1742 and 1750. The designs of Meissonnier had previously been published in printed sets or cahiers by Chereau the publisher, and were advertised in the Mercure in March 1734.

This plate is from a set - entitled 'Neuvième livre des Oeuvres de J. A. Meissonnier' (series letter I) - depicting designs for a centre piece, a basin or wine-cooler, a tureen, an ice-pail, salt-cellars, snuffboxes and oil bottles.

The ice-pail depicted in this plate was made for Louis Henri de Condé, duc de Bourbon (1692-1740).
Subject depicted
Association
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
Collection
Accession number
E.196-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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