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Vase Duplessis
Cornailles, Antoine-Toussaint - Enlarge image
Vase Duplessis
- Object:
Vase
- Place of origin:
Sèvres, France (made)
- Date:
1759-1760 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Cornailles, Antoine-Toussaint (painter)
Sevres (manufacturer) - Materials and Techniques:
Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded over a gros bleu ground
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
- Museum number:
C.1363-1919
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 26, shelf 2
Physical description
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded over a gros bleu ground. Painted with flowers in panels on a blue ground with gilt marbling.
Place of Origin
Sèvres, France (made)
Date
1759-1760 (made)
Artist/maker
Cornailles, Antoine-Toussaint (painter)
Sevres (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded over a gros bleu ground
Marks and inscriptions
Interlaced 'L's enclosing date letter 'G'
A quaver
Dimensions
Height: 13.9 cm, Diameter: 9.5 cm
Descriptive line
Vase of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, painted by Cornailles, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1759-1760.
Production Note
For the model see Erickson and de Bellaigue pl 61
Materials
Soft-paste porcelain
Techniques
Painted; Gilded; Marbling
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Panels
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
CER
