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Plate Depicting the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Plate
This is a plate. It was attributed to Mlle Delavale and possibly by Hilaire-François Boullemier (fils) and after Achille Etna Michallon and manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1822 and we acquired it in 1936. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This plate shows a view of the Manufacture de Sevres, where the 1826 Porcelain Jewel Cabinet was made. ( A Royal Gift, 1994-95)
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Sèvres Self Portrait.
This object was
donated by
George B. McClellan and Georgiana L. McClellan.
It is credited Gift of George B. and Georgiana L. McClellan.
- Royal Jewel Cabinet with Sèvres Plaques Cabinet
- mahogany, platinum, glass, bronze, gold, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
- Bequest of the Reverend Alfred Duane Pell.
- 1991-31-2
- Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Cooler for Wine Bottle and Glasses
- pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor on cream laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
- 1938-88-8316
Its dimensions are
H x diam.: 3.2 x 23.5 cm (1 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
It has the following markings
Underside: [1] interlaced LLs enclosing fleur-de-lis above "Sèvres / 22", painted in blue overglaze (decoration mark) [2] "5 m r l" with dash beneath and "B. F.", painted in gold (probably gilder's date mark and initials) [3] "GL" (?), painted in orange (possibly painter's mark) [4] "2 p + 21 - 10", incised
It is inscribed
Beneath landscape: [1] cursive "Manufacture Royale de / Porcelaine de Sèvres", painted in gold
Cite this object as
Plate Depicting the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Plate; Attributed to Mlle Delavale (French, active ca. 1821 - 1822); Possibly by Hilaire-François Boullemier (fils) (French, active 1813 – 1855); After Achille Etna Michallon (French, 1796 – 1822); Manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France); France; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x diam.: 3.2 x 23.5 cm (1 1/4 x 9 1/4 in.); Gift of George B. and Georgiana L. McClellan; 1936-13-32
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005.
