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Broc ordinaire from a dejeuner
Factory:
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Painter:
Vielliard, André-Vincent
Soft-paste porcelain jug, decorated with a bleu lapis ground, a reserve painted in enamels with a man and woman peasant sitting in front of a cottage, and gilding
Soft-paste porcelain decorated with underglaze bleu lapis ground, painting in pale blue, several shades of green, yellow, pink, red, and several shades of brown enamels, and gilding. The jug swells out slightly from base, then rises and contracts into a narrow neck before flaring outwards at the front to form a lip, and at the opposite side to project slightly over the single-loop handle. The ground is bleu lapis caillouté in gold with, under the spout, a pear-shaped reserve, surrounded by an elaborate frame of scrolls, shells and trellis diaperpanels. The reserve is painted in polychrome with a man and woman peasant sitting on a bench in front of a cottage with a landscape in the background. There are gold bands round the foot and rim, dentilated on the interior, gold lines down the sides of the handles and five horizontal striated areas down its back.
Part of a dejeuner comprising a tray, cup and saucer, and sugar basin and cover.
History note: Alfred Hill; sold by Sotheby's, 15 May 1942, Valuable Continental and English Porcelain, Fine Old English Clocks and Furniture...The Property of Alfred Hill, (decd), p. 14, lot 64; acquired by Mallett's for £58; Louis Colville Gray Clarke, Cambridge.
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 11.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, third quarter#
Louis XV
Production date:
circa
AD 1759
: The jug bears the date letter for 1759
Genre scenes in the style of David Teniers the Younger (1610-90), derived from, or inspired by prints by Jacques-Philippe Lebas, were very popular as decoration on Sèvres during the 1760s. (See Documentation, Carey 2007)
This is probably a broc ordinaire of the fourth size ranging from about 10.2 to 11 cm. It was more commonly made in the larger sizes for use with a basin for washing.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( pale blue, several shades of green, yellow, pink, red, and several shades of bown)
ground colour
( underglaze cobalt, bleu lapis)
gold
Jug And Handle
Width 8.6 cm
Body Of Pot
Ground
Handle
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Inscription present: interlaced L's enclosing G with a dot below the Ls
Inscription present: a horizontal line above the mark, with three evenly dispersed dots
Inscription present: closed 4 and c followed by sloping S
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label with cut corners, now discoloured
Accession number: C.20.2-1961
Primary reference Number: 93556
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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