Sugar Bowl (Pot à sucre Calabre)
Gilder
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
(French, founded 1756)
DecoratorDecoration attributed to
Nicolas Dutenda
(French, active 1765 - 1788 and 1790 - 1802)
Gilder
Jean-Baptiste-Emmanuel Vandé père
(French, 1753 - 1779)
CultureFrench
OriginSèvres, Île-de-France, France
PeriodLouis XVI (1644-1791)
Date1787
MediumSoft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding
DimensionsOverall (G83.1.1075.1-2): 9.9 x 8.3 cm (3 7/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
MarkingsInterlaced Ls and date letter KK. Painter’s mark DT. Gilder’s mark VD
DescriptionSèvres yellow ground sugar bowl, with domes cover having gilded bud finial. It is decorated with a border of formal scrolls, urns, arrangements of roses, and laurel garlands on a white ground. The pale primrose yellow ground is painted with formal scrolls and garlands of roses in blue, with gilded rims.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.1075.1-2
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
French PorcelainStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Jean Chavaux
c.1793-1800
Object number: G83.1.1092.1-2
Artist / Maker: François-Claude Philippine
1787
Object number: G83.1.1084.1-2
Artist / Maker: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
1787
Object number: G83.1.1086.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1745
Object number: G83.1.627.1-.11
Artist / Maker: Worcester Porcelain Manufactory
c.1765-1770
Object number: G83.1.1145.1-2
Artist / Maker: Boileau le jeune
1788
Object number: G83.1.1089.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1729-1731
Object number: G83.1.624
Artist / Maker: Pinxton Porcelain Works
c.1799-1801
Object number: G83.1.1180.1-2
Artist / Maker: P.J.A Vieillard
1787
Object number: G83.1.1085.1-.2