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assiette à potage
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Soup Plate
assiette à potage
Made at: Sèvres Manufactory (France)
Painted by: Jean-Jacques Pierre, jeune (French, active 1763–1798)
Painted by: Jean-Jacques Pierre, jeune (French, active 1763–1798)
French (Sèevres)
1771
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.1902
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionOne of ten soup plates (65.1896-65.1905), from the service of Mme. du Barry. White ground, border decoration with blue cassoletts laced together by polychrome garlands of flowers. Rim has chin gilding, dotted in blue. Du Barry initials in center D in gold; B in garland of flowers.
Marks
Interlaced Ls enclosing date letter S, painter's mark of P7 for Jean-Jacques Pierre jeune (active at Sevres 1763-1800) below, in black enamel; incised LL.
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: December 24, 1965)