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Plate, from the Iconographique Francais service
Made at: Sèvres Manufactory (France)
French
dated 1833
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft—The Gardner Brewer Collection
Accession Number01.6370
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionPlate with medallion in center with cameo portrait of Maurice de Saxe in yellow browns on brown ground; gilt laurel wreath, and border of lavender with Greek honeysuckle in gilt. From same service as 01.6371, 95.342, and 95.343.
Marks
D. M. (gilt); Chateau de Compiegne (crowned in a circle, in red). Sevres / 33 star mark for 1833 in grey.
InscriptionsInscribed on back: "Saxe (Maurice de) Maréchal de France, / né à Goslar Duché de Brunswick / 1696."
ProvenanceAugustus Thorndike (b. 1797 - d. 1858), Paris and Boston, MA; October 30, 1860, Thorndike sale, Leonard and Co., Boston; probably Caroline Abigail Brewer (Mrs. Arthur Croft) (b. 1833 - d. 1897); 1901, bequest of Mrs. Arthur Croft to MFA