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Theière Calabre
Factory:
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Painter:
Aloncle, François-Joseph
Soft-paste porcelain, decorated with a bleu céleste ground, reserves painted in enamels with birds, and gilding
Soft-paste porcelain, decorated with a bleu céleste ground, painting overglaze in blue, two shades of greyish-green, yellow, dark pink, red, purple, brown, grey and black (very little) enamels, and gilding. Ovoid body with gently curving spout and ear-shaped handle, the slightly domed cover surmounted by a knob in the shape of a multi-petalled flower on a stalk with two leaves. There are five strainer holes on the interior between spout and body, and on the cover, a ventilation hole beside the knob, and a suspension hole in the inner rim. The ground is bleu céleste with two heart-shaped reserves on the body and two kidney-shaped on the cover, framed by gold scrolls and floral sprays which project at the sides. The reserves are painted in polychrome with two exotic birds (two in each panel on the body and one in each panel on the cover), standing on the branches of low tree, with bushes and trees in the background. There is a single bird in flight on the lower part of the spout, which like the handle is left white. The flower knob is yellow with agreen centre. There are bands of gilding round the foot and the junction of the spout and body; dentilated bands of gilding round the rim of the pot and edge of the cover; and lines of gilding down the sides of the handle. The stem of the knob is gilded.
History note: Christie's, 20 February 1934, Catalogue of Chinese and Continental Porcelain...,p. 12, lot 70; acquired by Mallett & Sons from whom purchased by Louis Colville Gray Clarke in 1934, for £65.
L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Height: 13.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
18th Century, third quarter#
Louis XV
Production date:
circa
AD 1761
: The pot bears the date letter for 1761
Calabre forms were named after Pierre Calabre, a shareholder in the Charles Adam and Eloi Brichard Companies at Vincennes and Sèvres. The théière Calabre was the most common teapot form made at Sèvres. It was in production by December 1752, and was available in two sizes by 1753. Eventually there were five sizes, which were not clearly identified by the factory. Savill (Documentation 1988) divided them into size groups A to F. This pot is her size B about 13.2 to 14.7 cm high.
François-Joseph Aloncle (1734-81) was employed at Sèvres between 1758 and his death. Although he sometimes painted other subjects, he was primarily a bird painter.
Decoration
composed of
ground colour
( bleu celeste)
enamels
( blue, greyish-green, yellow, dark pink, red, purple, brown, grey and black (very little))
gold
Cover
Diameter 6.6 cm
Handle-spout
Length 18.4 cm
Body Of Pot
Handle
presumed lead-glaze
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Inscription present: N
Inscription present: rectangular white paper label now pale buff
Accession number: C.22 & A-1961
Primary reference Number: 93562
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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