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pot à l'eau la Boissière

Ewer
1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sèvres Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
France (made)

Ewer with bulbous body with leaf moulding, loop handle with leaf terminal decorated with polychrome flowers painted in enamels and gilt on a white ground.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Containers
Vases
Object type
Ewer
Titlepot à l'eau la Boissière (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Soft-Paste Porcelain
Moulded
Brief description
Ewer, with leaf moulding and floral decoration painted in enamels, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1765
Physical description
Ewer with bulbous body with leaf moulding, loop handle with leaf terminal decorated with polychrome flowers painted in enamels and gilt on a white ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.4cm
  • Diameter: 12.2cm
  • Maximum width: 15cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'm' with interlaced 'L's (Maker's mark in blue enamel with date letter 'm')
  • 'Pre' (Painter's mark in blue enamel for Pierre aine)
  • 'IP' (incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Object history
John Jones Bequest Cat. no. 126.
Subjects depicted
Floral Pattern
Leaf
Associated object
CIRC.126-1937 (Model)
Bibliographic references
  • Savill, Rosalind. The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, 3 vols. London: Trustees of the Wallace Collection, 1988. See Vol. II, p. 697 for a discussion of the broc 'Roussel' (a name often given to the shape of 803-1882) and why the wave moulding in fact refers to the pot à l'eau la Boissière as it matches a drawing in the Sèvres Archives dated 19 February 1753. 803-1882 is referenced 715p., note 106.
  • William King, Catalogue of the Jones Collection, II, Ceramics, ormolu, goldsmiths' work, enamels, sculpture, tapestry, books, and prints (London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1924), p. 12, no. 126. 'A cup and saucer in the Museum (No. 3537-1853), are painted with flowers by the same hand, they are dated 1764 and signed with a form of P similar to that on no. 141, which is more usually associated with the painter Pithou.'
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
803-1882

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
Record URL
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