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Factory: Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain butter dish, decorated with a yellow ground and painted in dark pink with landscapes.
Soft-paste porcelain, decorated with a yellow ground and painted in crimson (camaieu pourpre) enamel. Circular with vertical sides, and two vertical, pierced rectangular lugs on opposite sides of the rim. On the exterior there are two pairs of reeded bands between which are two crimson landscapes. One includes a boat on a river with a building on the left, and a church spire in the distance; the other has a river with a windmill on the left and a church spire in the distance. Between them there are rocks, bushes, and low trees on either side. Above and below there are three horizontal gold bands and a broad zone of yellow ground. The base is encircled by a narrow gold band encircles and there is a dentilated band round the rim.
History note: Uncertain before donor, Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, Cambridge.
Given by L.C.G. Clarke, MA
Diameter: 10.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1935) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, third quarter#
Louis XV
Circa
1755
CE
-
1770
CE
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( yellow, dark pink)
Over Lug
Height 6.6 cm
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Lead-glazing : Soft-paste porcelain, decorated overglaze with a yellow ground and painted in crimson (camaieu pourpre)
Accession number: C.28-1935
Primary reference Number: 82391
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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