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Plate (Assiette)

c.1785
made by

Chantilly Porcelain Factory

(French)
France, Chantilly, 18th century
Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Diameter: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1964.504
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The glaze of this plate contains tin, an early practice used at the Chantilly porcelain factory that counteracted the yellowish tint of the soft-paste porcelain with a white, opaque finish.

Description

This plate is part of a dinner service commissioned by Louis Joseph, duke of Bourbon, prince of Condé. Painted with his coat of arms, composed of three fleur-de-lys encircled by a cord holding up a pendant with the order of the Holy Spirit and surmounted by the prince’s own crown, this plate’s decoration reinforces the prince’s position as an elite member of the French royal court.
  • R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
  • Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 52, no. 9 (1965): 124-57. 25152069
    Musée de l'Hôtel Sandelin, Lille, and Musée des beaux-arts d'Arras. La porcelaine franc̜aise du XVIIIe siècle dans les musées du Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Lille: Edition de l'Association des conservateurs de la région Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 1986. p. 49, no. 19
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Jeffrey H. Munger. The Forsyth Wickes Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1992. p. 223-24
    Le Duc, Geneviève. Porcelaine tendre de Chantilly au XVIIIe siècle: héritages des manufactures de Rouen, Saint-Cloud et Paris et influences sur les autres manufactures de XVIIIe siècle. Paris: Hazan, 1996. p. 266-70
    Le Duc, Geneviève. "Porcelaine de Chantilly, les arts de la table dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle." L'Estampille, l'objet d'Art, no. 309 (January 1997). p. 82-84
  • Rococo, Revolution, Restoration. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-September 24, 1989).
    Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).
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