Bowl
ca. 1763-1771 (made)
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Bowl of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. The side painted en camaïeuwith a landscape vignette with figures around ruins in purple enamel over a gilt ornamental device.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Bowl of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, probably painted by M.-J. Duvivier, Tournai porcelain factory, Tournai, ca. 1763-1771. |
| Physical description | Bowl of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. The side painted en camaïeuwith a landscape vignette with figures around ruins in purple enamel over a gilt ornamental device. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Crossed swords and four crosses (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 | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
| Object history | From a service whose 19th century owners, the Groutaiers de Resquin, presented a tradition that it belonged to Mqr. de François-Antoine de Méan (1756-1831), last Prince-Bishop of Liège. Other pieces from the service are illustrated and described in Christine Deroubaix, Les Porcelaines de Tournai du Musée de Mariemont, 1958, no. 229-232; Mirelle Jottrand, Porcelaines de Tournai du XVIIIe siecle, Musée de Mariemont, 1969, cat. 54, and Saint-Omer, Le Porcelaines de Tournai (1987), cat. 24-5. See also Musée royal de Mariemont, Cent ans de porcelaines de Tournai, Le Legs André Belley (1984), cat. 1. |
| Production | See object history note. For a related piece with the initials ID see C.78-1969 |
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| Accession number | C.1674-1919 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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