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Sugar bowl
French
1863
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
17.8 x 9.5 cm (7 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Committee of the Fair for the relief of sufferers in France, held in April, 1871
Accession Number91.46a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionCup-shaped bowl, with looped handles; decorated with medallions and festoons in blue and gold; turban-shaped knob on cover; delicate border and gold decoration.
Marks
Marks: same as on 6162. "S. 58" in green lozenge. In pâte, "FPN" and other initials (T i 3.58) ?
Provenance1870, gift in the name of the French Government from Maréchal Patrice de MacMahon, President of France (b.1808-d.1893) to Mary Frazier Curtis (d.1890); 1891, gift through her brother Laurence Curtis to the Committee of the 'Fair for the Relief of Sufferers in France' [see note 1]; gift of the Committee of the 'Fair for the Relief of Sufferers in France' to the MFA in 1891 [see note 2]. (Accession Date: March 3, 1891)
NOTES:
[1] Letter of March 3, 1891 from Laurence Curtis to Charles G. Loring: Curtis explains that this tea set was given to his sister, Mary Frazier Curtis, by the Maréchal de MacMahon, soon-to-be the President of France. Mary Curtis was the agent in charge of the distribution of the funds of the Committee for the Relief of the Sufferers of France from 1871. Curtis felt that it should be given to the Committee, of which Loring (Director of the MFA) was a member. A transcription and the original letter are both in the file.
[2] This gift is listed as a gift from the Committee of the 'Fair for the Relief of Sufferers in France' in the Annual Report for 1891 on p.42. The object is clarified as: "A set of Sèvres porcelain, twelve pieces, originally a gift from President Marshal McMahon to Miss Mary Frazer Curtis, the distributing agent of the Fund in Paris."
NOTES:
[1] Letter of March 3, 1891 from Laurence Curtis to Charles G. Loring: Curtis explains that this tea set was given to his sister, Mary Frazier Curtis, by the Maréchal de MacMahon, soon-to-be the President of France. Mary Curtis was the agent in charge of the distribution of the funds of the Committee for the Relief of the Sufferers of France from 1871. Curtis felt that it should be given to the Committee, of which Loring (Director of the MFA) was a member. A transcription and the original letter are both in the file.
[2] This gift is listed as a gift from the Committee of the 'Fair for the Relief of Sufferers in France' in the Annual Report for 1891 on p.42. The object is clarified as: "A set of Sèvres porcelain, twelve pieces, originally a gift from President Marshal McMahon to Miss Mary Frazer Curtis, the distributing agent of the Fund in Paris."