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Pot à sucre Hébert (part of a tray and tea service) 1755-56
Soft paste porcelain, white ground and gilded decoration | 10.2 x 9.0 cm (parts .a and .b together) | RCIN 39899
Vincennes porcelain factory (1738-56)
Pot à sucre Hébert (part of a tray and tea service) 1755-56
Vincennes porcelain factory (1738-56)
Pot à sucre Hébert (part of a tray and tea service) 1755-56
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Soft-paste Vincennes/Sèvres porcelain sugar bowl and cover. White ground with thick spiralling green-ground ribbons alternating with polychrome trails of flowers (roses, convolvulus, narcissi, cornflowers, tulips) applied diagonally and edged with stylised gilded husk trails and gilding. Pear shape with carnation knob fitted to the double-bowed cover.
Floral forms and decoration dominated the output of the porcelain manufactory founded at Vincennes c.1740. In 1756, the factory moved to Sèvres, and by the 1760s it had perfected its renowned ceramic recipe. In its earliest stage at Vincennes, the factory began to produce porcelain flowers that were easily applied to decorative ware, including tea services.
Text adapted from Painting Paradise: The Art of the Garden, London, 2015.Provenance
Part of a tray and tea service, possibly bought for George IV in Paris by François Benois in May 1814: ‘1 Cabaret Complet vert et blanc 780 fcs’. Recorded in the Confectionary, Carlton House, in 1826: ‘No. 166. A Case Containing a Dejeuni of green, white and gold painted in flowers, Consisting of a Large Plateau, 4 Cups and Saucers, one Teapot, Sugar Bason and Cover, Cream Jug and Cover’.
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Creator(s)
(porcelain manufacturer)(nationality)(porcelain painter)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Soft paste porcelain, white ground and gilded decoration
Measurements
10.2 x 9.0 cm (parts .a and .b together)
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Place of Production
Vincennes [France]
