Pot à jus
Gravy Pot and Cover
ca. 1765-ca. 1770 (made)
ca. 1765-ca. 1770 (made)
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Barrel-shaped earthenware gravy pot, with low domed cover, loop handle picked out in brown, and flower-bud finial to cover; the sides painted in polychrome colours with flowers.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Pot à jus (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours |
| Brief description | Gravy (meat juice) pot and cover, painted floral decoration on white ground, by Meillonnas pottery factory, France, ca. 1765-ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Barrel-shaped earthenware gravy pot, with low domed cover, loop handle picked out in brown, and flower-bud finial to cover; the sides painted in polychrome colours with flowers. |
| Credit line | Given by Monsieur Albert Bichet |
| Object history | Acquisition type: Gift |
| Production | Note in register for C.13&A-1912, the pair to this piece: 'Ascribed by the donor to the factory of Meillonnas, but evidently made at the same factory as C.10-1912, which he ascribed to Aprey. See also Devenlaux, Les faience d'Aprey, pl. VIII, fig. 26). Stated by M. Gilbert Lévy, dealer of Paris, to be Meillonas' |
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| Accession number | C.14&A-1912 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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