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Footed Dish (soucoupe à pied)
1786
manufacturer
(French, est. 1756)
decorated by
(French, 1733–1806)
Diameter: 4 x 22.4 cm (1 9/16 x 8 13/16 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1983.55
Location: 216A French and German
Did You Know?
The dark blue ground that rings the edge of this plate is known as beau bleu (beautiful blue) and derived its color from cobalt added to the enamel.Description
These dishes may have supported cups of sweet ices or pyramidal displays of fruits or sweetmeats as part of a dessert or tea service. On the reverse of the plate the two birds pictured are identified as a Petit Perruche, du Pérou (budgerigar from Peru) and Harle huppé, Mâle (male red-breasted merganser.) Their images were modeled after engravings in naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc’s Natural History of Birds, a book which regularly inspired Sèvres porcelain paintings in the 1780s and 90s.- R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Hawley, Henry. "French Ceramics: The Norweb Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 71 (January 1984). p. 13, fig. 12
- Jefferson in Paris: Fashion on the Eve of the French Revolution. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 5, 2002-January 5, 2003).Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio (10/5/2002 - 1/5/2003), "Jefferson in Paris: Fashion on the Eve of the French Revolution"The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 8, 1983-June 3, 1984).
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