Pot à jus
Gravy Pot
ca. 1760-1780 (made)
ca. 1760-1780 (made)
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Both parts with moulded panels with 'rice grain' pattern, and the cup with naturalistic twig handle and the cover with a naturalistic finial modelled as a vegetable with leaves
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Pot à jus |
| Materials and techniques | Creamware (faïence fine), with moulded decoration |
| Brief description | Gravy (meat juice) pot and cover, probably made at Pont-aux-Choux pottery factory, Paris, about 1760-1780 |
| Physical description | Both parts with moulded panels with 'rice grain' pattern, and the cup with naturalistic twig handle and the cover with a naturalistic finial modelled as a vegetable with leaves |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Amélie Mavrogordato through Prof. J. Mavrogordato |
| Object history | Acquisition type: Gift |
| Production | Acquired as probably Pont-aux-Choux about 1760 by comparison with a piece illustrated by Docteur Chompret, Jean Bloch, Jacques Gue´rin, and Paul Alfassa, Repertoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1933-35, Vol. III, pl. 4A; compare also Françoise Duret-Robert, Pont-aux-Choux, Encylopedie CdA, July 1971, fig. 3, an ecuelle with similar rice grain pattern and finial; examined by Christian Maire who considered the linear detailing between the grains in the rice grain pattern characteristic of Pont-aux-Choux. |
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| Accession number | C.127&A-1945 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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