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Pot à lait à trois pieds
Translated as: three-legged milk jug
Factory:
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Painter:
Le Bel, jeune
(Probably)
Three-legged milk jug of soft-paste porcelain painted in polychrome enamels with a trellis pattern, and gilded
Soft-paste porcelain, decorated with bluish-green ground colour, painting in blue, green, yellow, pink and mauve enamels, and gilding. The jug stands on three rustic feet. The bulbous body contracts into a short neck and flares upwards and outwards towards the notched rim which is elongated at the front to form a lip. The crabstock handle rises up from the rim and then downwards in a single loop until it meets the widest part of the body. Sprays of flowers and leaves sprout from the junctions of the legs and handle with the body. Encircling the body just above the legs and below the rim is an bluish-green zone, each decorated with a wavy continuous stem of gilt leaves flanked by gilt horizontal bands. Between these zones the ground is white. Under the spout is a motif comprising two intersecting vertical zig-zag lines of polychrome flowers and leaves, repeated three times more round the body, and alternating with a similar motif comprising intersecting zig-zag lines of pink and blue ribbons, the diamond-shapes between filled with a gold diaper pattern, and the ribbons outlined with gold dots. There are touches of gilding on the feet and handle, and on the relief flowers and leaves.
History note: Unknown before donor, Ralph Hare Griffin (1854-1941)
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Griffin, Ralph
18th Century
Louis XVI
Production date:
AD 1770
: date letter for 1770
This is a pot à lait à trois pieds of the second size 9.2 to 10.4 cm high. It was probably painted by Jean-Nicolas Le Bel, jeune, père, who was born in 1749 and died after 1816. The painting was formerly attributed to Jean-Etienne Le Bel.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
Deocration
composed of
gold
Whole Over Handle
Height 9.9 cm
Handle To Spout
Length 10.5 cm
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, and gilded.
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.196-1918
Primary reference Number: 86629
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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