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Plate
Made at: Sèvres Manufactory (France)
French
1775
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
Dimensions
Overall (upper range of 12 plates): 3.1 x 24.5 cm (1 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.1828
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionAlso see 65.1820-39. Circular plate with recessed center, sloping border, and undulating rim. Border deocrated with blue ground with circles of gilt dots and irregularly shaped white circles outlined in gold and painted with red dots. Three elliptical reserves of the border painted with polychrome mixed flowers and sprays of mixed flowers decorate center of plate.
Marks
interlaced Ls enclosing date letter X, painter's mark of P7 for Jean-Jacques Pierre jeune (active at Sevres 1763-4800) below, gilder's mark of a scrolling B for Jean-Pierre Boulanger pere (active at Sevres 1754-85) below, all in black enamel, incised xh++. Date letter obliterated and painter's mark illegible
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: December 24, 1965)