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Plate
Made at: Sèvres Manufactory (France)
French (Sevres)
dated 1833
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, enamel colors, gilding
Dimensions
inches: 1 1/4 x 9 1/2 diam.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Wales
Accession Number95.343
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
The Sèvres factory produced a large and varied range of services decorated with neoclassical gilded borders, including a number called Iconographic. Simulating carved cameos, these depicted famous men from ancient and modern history. This plate is painted with a portrait of Jean de La Quintinie, Director of Gardens at the court of Louis XIV and renowned for his studies on pruning fruit trees.
DescriptionWhite ground; blue and gold border with broad band of anthemions; in the center medalion is a profile head of Jean de la Quintinie (1626-1688) in imitation of carved chalcedony.
Marks
-Painted in crimson 'm.' also in gold
"La Quintinie (Jean de) Agronome / né à Poitiers/1626"
blue printed mark with the word Sevres with a six-pointed star above and date mark "33" below, in a circle, circular mark in orange with Chateau de Compiegne with crown above
incised "F"
-further incised '8', 'Z', '8', '8'
"La Quintinie (Jean de) Agronome / né à Poitiers/1626"
blue printed mark with the word Sevres with a six-pointed star above and date mark "33" below, in a circle, circular mark in orange with Chateau de Compiegne with crown above
incised "F"
-further incised '8', 'Z', '8', '8'
InscriptionsWales collection MFA loan label
Wales collection label "No. 120 / Old Sevres"
Wales collection label "No. 120 / Old Sevres"
ProvenanceBy 1858, Augustus Thorndike (1797-1858), Boston; probably October 30 1860, posthumous Thorndike sale, Leonard and Co., Boston; purchased by George Washington Wales; 1895, gift of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Wales. (Accession date: March 28, 1895)