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Fruit Dish
Made at: Sèvres Manufactory (France)
French
1767
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
Dimensions
4.3 x 29 x 21.5 cm (1 11/16 x 11 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.1824
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionAlso see 65.1820-39.The shallow stand has sloping sides and an undulating rim. Irregularly shaped white circles outlined in gold and painted with red dots are reserved on a blue (blue Fallot) ground, which is decorated with circles of gilt dots (fond Taillandier). The shaped reserves are painted with mixed flowers and are framed by tooled and burnished gilt bands. The inner rim is gilded; a gild dentil band decorates the outer rim.
Marks
interlaced Ls enclosing date letter O, painter's mark ca (partially abraded) below, in blue enamel; incised mark.
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: December 24, 1965)