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Two-handled dish

Made at: Sèvres Manufactory (France)
French
1757–64
Object Place: Europe, France

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Credit Line Gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman
Accession Number23.129
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionCircular form, pierced; horizontal bow shaped handles (one repaired); three short feet. Decoration: rose Pompadour body; gilt edging; white band; two floral sprays. (Four cracks).
ProvenancePierre Lefèvre-Vacquerie, Paris. November 28, 1922, sold by Jacques Seligmann et Fils, Paris (stock no. 6335) to Dudley Leavitt Pickman (b. 1850 - d. 1938), Paris and Cambridge, MA [see note]; 1923, gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 1, 1923)

NOTE: Archives of American Art, Jacques Seligmann and Co. Records, Series 7.8, Invoice Books, Box 309, folder 2.