Sugar Bowl and Cover
1763-1771 (made)
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Sugar bowl and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Sugar bowl and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, probably painted by M-J Duvivier, Tournai porcelain factory, Tournai, 1763-1771. |
| Physical description | Sugar bowl and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | a tower (painted in gold) |
| Gallery label | Gallery 128 Decant 2003
The painting has been attributed to Michel-Joseph Duvivier, who is thought to have painted at the Chelsea porcelain factory before working at Tournai between 1763 and 1771.(07/06/2004) |
| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Production | For a related piece attributed to Michel-Joseph Duvivier see Musée royal de Mariemont, Cent ans de porcelaines de Tournai, Le Legs André Belley (1984), cat. 2. See also Lucien Delplace, Considerations sur les Porcelaines de Tournai, 1970, p. 164-5, where another example with similar enamelling is said to have been inspired by designs by Rugendas. |
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| Accession number | C.499&A-1909 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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