Petit seau
Wine Cooler
ca. 1787 (made)
ca. 1787 (made)
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Wine cooler in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the form of a bucket with four hoops and scroll handles, the staves are alternately white and enamelled blue with gilt decoration, the former with panels depicting birds, medallions with classical heads, and butterflies. The base inscribed with the names of the birds depicted: 'troupiale, de st. dominique, appellé le siffleur', 'petit-martin-pecheur hupé, de l'isle de luçon', and 'femelle, du grimpereau des phillippines'.
Object details
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| Title | Petit seau (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Wine cooler in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, possibly painted by J. Mayer, by Tournai porcelain factory, Tournai, ca. 1787. |
| Physical description | Wine cooler in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the form of a bucket with four hoops and scroll handles, the staves are alternately white and enamelled blue with gilt decoration, the former with panels depicting birds, medallions with classical heads, and butterflies. The base inscribed with the names of the birds depicted: 'troupiale, de st. dominique, appellé le siffleur', 'petit-martin-pecheur hupé, de l'isle de luçon', and 'femelle, du grimpereau des phillippines'. |
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| Gallery label | Gallery 128 Decant 2003
This piece is apparently from a service that Philippe duc d'Orleans (later known as Philippe Egalité) commissioned from the Tournai porcelain factory in 1787. It consisted of 1603 pieces. The service was dispersed at the time of the French Revoloution and is now scattered throughout museums and private collections. The birds are copied from illustrations in the comte de Buffon's Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux (1770-86).(07/06/2004) |
| Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
| Object history | Apparently from a service that Philippe duc d'Orléans (later known as Philippe Egalité) commissioned from the Tournai porcelain factory in 1787. It consisted of 1603 pieces. The service was dispersed at the time of the French Revoloution and is now scattered throughout museums and private collections. See Mireille Jottrand, 'Porcelaines de Tournai. Les services du duc d'Orléans et de Mgr de Salm-Riefferscheide (acuisitions récent)', Cahiers de Mariemont, vol. 3, 1972, pp. 53-7). |
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| Accession number | C.501-1909 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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