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Pair of Covered Tureens on Stand (Paire de pots-à-oille)

1757–58

Part of a set. See all set records

manufacturer

Sèvres Porcelain Factory

(French, est. 1756)

France, Sèvres, 18th century

Soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration

John L. Severance Fund 1953.25

Location

216A French and German

Inscriptions

Inscription

[Incised 'L' with three dots in blue (1953.25.1c)]

Inscription

[Interlaced 'L's in blue with date letter 'E' (1953.25.1a)]

Inscription

[Interlaced 'L's in blue with date letter E; incised 'L' (1953.25.2c)]

Sèvres Porcelain Factory

French national ceramic factory.

Provenance

Countess Redorte, Paris; (Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York).

Citations

Alfassa, Paul, and Jacques Guérin. Porcelaine française du XVIIe au milieu du XIXe siècle. Paris: A. Lévy, 1931. p. 51; pl. 57

Foote, Helen S. "A Pair of Soft-Paste Tureens and Platters." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 40 (November 1953). p. 200-202

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 301 archive.org

Hawley, Henry. "Vincennes-Sèvres Porcelain at the Cleveland Museum of Art." Antiques LXXXV (March 1964). p. 322-25

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 140 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 140 archive.org

Jedding, Hermann. Europäisches Porzellan. München: Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1971. p. 268

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 184 archive.org

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned: p. 63; Reproduced: p. 63, fig. 66 and color plate 66 after p. 54

Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum, 1991. p. 112

Exhibition history

The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).