? Pot a lait des Indes
Jug and Cover
1725-1730 (made)
1725-1730 (made)
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Jug and cover, porcelain, moulded floral decoration, silver mounts. Bulbous lower body, straight upper, plain loop handle, metal mounts, decoration of flowers in relief (moulded), on white ground. Lid without knop. The silver mounts have the discharge mark of Eloi Brichard datable to 1756-62.
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Title | ? Pot a lait des Indes (manufacturer's title) |
Materials and techniques | Porcelain with sprigged decoration and silver mount |
Brief description | Jug and cover, porcelain, moulded floral decoration, silver mounts, possibly Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, 1725-1730 |
Physical description | Jug and cover, porcelain, moulded floral decoration, silver mounts. Bulbous lower body, straight upper, plain loop handle, metal mounts, decoration of flowers in relief (moulded), on white ground. Lid without knop. The silver mounts have the discharge mark of Eloi Brichard datable to 1756-62. |
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Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
Object history | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry. |
Production | the porcelain about 1725-30, with silver mounts of 1756-62; Acquired as St Cloud. Reattributed to Vincennes before 1977 Paris Vincennes exhibition. Considered not Vincennes, possibly St Cloud 1988. Examined by FPS 1994 and considered the porcelain mid to late 1720s, probably German, possibly Meissen. |
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Accession number | C.450-1909 |
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Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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