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Pair of Double Salt Dishes (Paire de salières)

1790

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made by

Sèvres Porcelain Factory

(French, est. 1756)

France, Sèvres, 18th century

Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration

Overall: 3.5 x 12.4 x 7 cm (1 3/8 x 4 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1964.519

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

1964.519.1: Interlaced Ls with date letter 'NN' to the right, mark for Jean-Nicolas Le bel, jeune, père to the left, incised 'os' (the 's' is upside down); 1964.519.2: Interlaced Ls with date letter 'NN,' mark for Charles-Théodore Buteux below, incised 'os' (the 's' is upside down)

Inscription

[Incised "OS", left]

Sèvres Porcelain Factory

French national ceramic factory.

Citations

Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon. Versailles et les tables royales en Europe: XVIIème-XIXème siècles. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1993. p. 120, 291, illus. p. 142

Miller, Markus, and Andreas Dobler. Königliches Porzellan aus Frankreich: Sammlerstücke und Service der Manufaktur Vincennes/Sèvres. Eichenzell: Hessische Hausstiftung, Museum Schloss Fasanerie, 1999. p. 82-83

Peters, David. Sevres Plates and Services of the 18th Century. Hertfordshire: D. Peters, 2005. p. 663-65, 745-47, 847-48, 877-78, 911-12

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).