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Sep 29, 2008

Vase with Portrait of President MacMahon

c. 1872–1874

decorated by

Alfred-Thompson Gobert

(French, 1822–1894)

thrower

Constantin Renard

(French)

gilded by

Emile-Bernard Rejoux

(French, 1832-)

sculptor

Jean-Denis Larue

(French, 1884)

decorated by

Jules Archelais

(French, 1865–1902)

France, 19th century

Porcelain with gilt bronze mounts

Overall: 89.2 x 43.8 cm (35 1/8 x 17 1/4 in.)

The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection 1979.40

Location

not on view

Description

Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice de MacMahon (1808-1893), whose portrait appears on this vase, was its first owner. He was a successful military leader who was given the titles of Duke of Magenta and Marshall of France by Napoleon III, but after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 and the end of the Second Empire, MacMahon was elected second President of the Third Republic of France.

Inscriptions

Inscription

incised gilded letters located directly below portrait relief: "MACMAHON"; incised gilded letters located in complex design of ribbons above portrait: "AMOR PATRIA," and below: "SAPIENTIA," "FORTITUDO"; on primary face, beneath the ornamental surround of MacMahon's portrait: "Gob. R/Sèvres"; on reverse, incised gilt numerals located within ornamental ribbon: "1873"; incised in the porcelain inside neck: "CR 72 6" and beneath it "CR 72 9"; incised letters beneath the vase: "NL"; a small gilt-metal bucket is installed within the neck of the MacMahon Vase, on its bottom are scratched the letters: "ABF"; printed in green inside the neck and beneath the vase: "s 74"; printed in red on the lip: a circular stamp with the words "Decore a Sèvres 74" surrounding the initials "RF" [Repbulique Français].

Provenance

President MacMahon, Paris; (his descendants, United States?). [Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York].

Citations

Cleveland Museum of Art, “Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection is on View in Year in Review Exhibition,” February 7, 1980, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org

Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 3 (1980): 58-99. Reproduced: cat. no. 33, p. 72; Mentioned: p. 59 www.jstor.org

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 70-71, no. 75

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).

The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).

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Vase with Portrait of President MacMahon

Vase with Portrait of President MacMahon

Alfred-Thompson Gobert

Constantin Renard

Emile-Bernard Rejoux

Jean-Denis Larue

Jules Archelais

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