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Title A name given to the resource Fritzsche Porcelain Collection Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Painter, Kirsten Blythe Subject The topic of the resource Porcelain, French—18th century—Pictorial works | Porcelain, French—Private collections | Porcelain, French—Vincennes—18th century—Slide collections | Porcelain, French—Sèvres—18th century—Slide collections | Vincennes porcelain—18th century—Pictorial works | Sèvres porcelain—18th century—Pictorial works | Slides (Photography)—Private collections | Fritzsche, Ulrich—Art collections—Pictorial works | Ceramic tableware—France—18th century Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fritzsche, Ulrich Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seattle Art Museum Libraries Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1750–1990 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These materials may be protected under copyright law and may only be used for educational, teaching, and learning purposes. If intended use is beyond these purposes, it is the sole responsibility of the user to obtain the appropriate copyright permissions. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/jpg Language A language of the resource English | French Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dr. Ulrich and Stella Fritzsche Collection Type The nature or genre of the resource still image Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. France Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. eighteenth century Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Fritzsche, Ulrich Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 31 May 2020 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 95 slides Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Dr. Ulrich and Stella Fritzsche Collection, a slide collection of objects created by the Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory and the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, ca. 1750–1793, in Seattle Art Museum Libraries: Digital Collections, accompanying notes written by Kirsten Painter, <a href="https://samlibraries.omeka.net/collections/show/12">https://samlibraries.omeka.net/collections/show/12</a>. References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. <ul><li>Arend, Liana Paredes. 1998. Sèvres Porcelain at Hillwood. Washington, DC: Hillwood Museum.</li> <li>Bailey, Colin B. 2007. “A Long Working Life, Considerable Research and Much Thought: An Introduction to the Art and Career of Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1755).” In Oudry’s Painted Menagerie: Portraits of Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Europe, edited by Mary G. Morton. Exhibition catalogue. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum.</li> <li>Chaffers, William. 1965. Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery & Porcelain. 2 vols. London: William Reeves.</li> <li>Christie’s. 2010. “A Sèvres Porcelain Rose Marbre Teapot And Cover (Théière ‘Calabre,’ 5ème Grandeur).” Object no. 5353601. Lot 619. Sale 2350: 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe. New York, 21–22 October 2010. Accessed July 2019. <a href="https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-sevres-porcelain-rose-marbre-teapot-and-5353601-details.aspx">https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-sevres-porcelain-rose-marbre-teapot-and-5353601-details.aspx</a>.</li> <li>Christie’s. 2012. “A Sèvres Porcelain Frises Riches Solitaire (Déjeuner ‘Losange’).” Object no. 5609321. Lot 157. Sale 2762: Treasures of France. New York, 24 October 2012. Accessed June 2020. <a href="https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-sevres-porcelain-frises-riches-solitaire-dejeuner-5609321-details.aspx">https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-sevres-porcelain-frises-riches-solitaire-dejeuner-5609321-details.aspx</a>.</li> <li>Cushion, John Patrick. 1980. Handbook of Pottery and Porcelain Marks. In collaboration with W. B. Honey. 4th ed. London: Faber & Faber.</li> <li>Dallot-Naudin, Yvonne, and Alain Jacob. 1983. Porcelaines tendres françaises: Rouen, L. Poterat, St-Cloud, Mennecy, Chantilly, Bourg la Reine, Vincennes. Directed by Gilbert-Jean Malgras. Paris: ABC Collection.</li> <li>Dawson, Aileen. 1994. A Catalogue of French Porcelain in the British Museum. London: British Museum Press.</li> <li>Dawson, Aileen. 1996. Eighteenth-Century Porcelain in the Ashmolean Museum. Ashmolean Handbooks. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum.</li> <li>De Waal, Edmund. 2015. The White Road: Journey into an Obsession. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.</li> <li>Emerson, Julie. 2007. “Victory at Sea: A Vincennes Cuvette Painted with a Battle-Scene.” French Porcelain Society Journal 3:59–66.</li> <li>Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, and Mimi Gardner Gates. 2000. Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Seattle Art Museum, February–May, 2000. Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum; University of Washington Press.</li> <li>Eriksen, Svend. 1980. Davids Samling: Fransk porcelæn/The David Collection: French Porcelain. Copenhagen: Davids Samling.</li> <li>Eriksen, Svend, and Geoffrey de Bellaigue. 1987. Sèvres Porcelain: Vincennes and Sèvres 1740–1800. Translated from the Danish by R. J. Charleston. London: Faber and Faber.</li> <li>French Porcelain Society. 2021. “Our History.” Accessed June 2020 and August 2021. <a href="https://www.thefrenchporcelainsociety.com/about-us/our-history/">https://www.thefrenchporcelainsociety.com/about-us/our-history/</a>.</li> <li>Fritzsche, Ulrich. 2018. “Ulrich and Stella Fritzsche Collection of Vincennes–Sèvres Porcelain.” Unpublished manuscript. Seattle Art Museum Library Archives/Special Collections.</li> <li>Fritzsche, Ulrich. 2019. Interview with Dr. Ulrich Fritzsche and Stella Fritzsche, conducted and transcribed by Kirsten Painter, Seattle Art Museum Bullitt Library, 12 November 2019.</li> <li>Gray, Richard. 1982. “The Origins of Porcelain.” In The History of Porcelain, edited by Paul Atterbury, 11–25. New York: William Morrow.</li> <li>Hillwood Estate, Museum, and Gardens Online Collection. 2017. Washington, DC. Accessed June–July 2019. <a href="https://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/collection">https://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/collection</a>.</li> <li>Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens Online Catalogue. n.d. San Marino, CA. Accessed July–August 2019. <a href="http://emuseum.huntington.org/collections">http://emuseum.huntington.org/collections</a>.</li> <li>Le Corbeiller, Clare. 1986. “Covered Cup and Tray, A.12.” In “The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Addenda to the Catalogue.” Metropolitan Museum Journal 21:179–82.</li> <li>Maxwell, Christopher. 2009. French Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century at the V&A. Victoria and Albert Museum. London: V&A Publishing.</li> <li>Meister, Peter Wilhelm, and Horst Reber. 1980. European Porcelain of the 18th Century. Translated by Ewald Osers. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.</li> <li>Opperman, Hal. 1970. “The Genesis of the Chasses Royales.” Burlington Magazine 112, no. 805 (April): 216–24.</li> <li>Pinot de Villechenon, Marie-Noëlle. 1997. Sèvres: Porcelain from the Sèvres Museum, 1740 to the Present Day. Translated from the French by John Gilbert. London: Lund Humphries.</li> <li>Plax, Julie Anne. 2017. “J.-B. Oudry’s Royal Hunts and Louis XV’s Hunting Park at Compiègne: Landscapes of Power, Prosperity and Peace.” Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes 37, no. 2:102–19. DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14601176.2016.1169709">10.1080/14601176.2016.1169709.</a></li> <li>Raffo, Pietro. 1982. “The Development of European Porcelain.” In The History of Porcelain, edited by Paul Atterbury, 79–125. New York: William Morrow.</li> <li>Royal Collection Trust (RCT). n.d. “Gobelet Litron 1780.” RCIN 5658. Accessed 18 July 2019. <a href="https://www.rct.uk/collection/5658/gobelet-litron">https://www.rct.uk/collection/5658/gobelet-litron</a>.</li> <li>Roth, Linda Horvitz, and Clare Le Corbeiller. 2000. French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum: The J. Pierpont Morgan Collection. Cambridge, UK: Trustees of the Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000.</li> <li>Sassoon, Adrian. 1991. Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection, J. Paul Getty Museum. Malibu, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum.</li> <li>Savill, Rosalind. 1988. The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain. 3 vols. London: Trustees of the Wallace Collection.</li> <li>Seattle Art Museum (SAM). 2007. Guide to the Porcelain Room. Texts by Julie Emerson et al. Seattle: Marquand Books. Accessed August 2021. <a href="https://www.seattleartmuseum.org/Documents/SAMPorcelainGuide_4mg.pdf">https://www.seattleartmuseum.org/Documents/SAMPorcelainGuide_4mg.pdf</a>.</li> <li>Seattle Art Museum (SAM). n.d. Online Object Collection. Accessed July 2020. <a href="http://art.seattleartmuseum.org/collections">http://art.seattleartmuseum.org/collections</a>.</li> <li>Tait, Hugh. 1972. Porcelain. Originally published in 1962. Rev. ed. London: Hamlyn.</li> <li>Tardy. 1981. Les porcelaines françaises. With the collaboration of Adrien Lesur. Paris: Tardy.</li> </ul> Description An account of the resource The Fritzsche Porcelain Collection showcases <a href="https://samlibraries.omeka.net/collections/show/12">95 digitized slides</a>, taken by photographer Ted D’Arms, which serve as a visual documentation of the Dr. Ulrich and Stella Fritzsche Collection of French porcelain. This collection, which the Fritzsches assembled from the 1970s through the 1990s, consisted of eighteenth-century porcelain masterpieces created by the Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain Manufactories. Several of these pieces are now in the Seattle Art Museum collection, while others are in museums and collections around the world. In addition to the digitized slides, the collection includes Dr. Fritzsche’s <a href="https://samlibraries.omeka.net/items/show/2991">Collector’s Notes</a>. The <a href="http://s10035.eos-intl.net/S10035/OPAC/Search/SpecialTitles.aspx?List_Code=25134070&clicked=true&PatronSearches=false">Fritzsche Library on Decorative Arts</a> is a related resource comprised of books and research materials donated by Dr. Fritzsche to SAM <a href="http://seattleartmuseum.org/programs-and-learning/libraries-and-resources#bul">Bullitt Library</a>. See also the parallel exhibit, <a href="https://samlibraries.omeka.net/exhibits/show/fritzsche-porcelain-collection">the Fritzsche Porcelain Exhibit</a>, which highlights the history and significance of the objects documented in this slide collection, covering topics such as color, décor, teacup shapes, biographies of the porcelain painters and gilders, and porcelain marks. The exhibit also includes an overview of the Fritzsches’ approach to collecting, based on an interview conducted with Dr. Ulrich and Stella Fritzsche in 2019: <a href="https://samlibraries.omeka.net/exhibits/show/fritzsche-porcelain-collection">https://samlibraries.omeka.net/exhibits/show/fritzsche-collection</a>. Relation A related resource “<a href="https://samlibraries.omeka.net/exhibits/show/fritzsche-porcelain-collection">The Fritzsche Porcelain Exhibit</a>,” a digital exhibit devoted to the history of the objects in this slide collection, contains essays on topics such as porcelain marks, painters' biographies, birds, types of teacups, teapots, and winecoolers, and varieties of both décor and blue ground color. The exhibit also includes a page devoted to objects from the Fritzsche Collection that are now in the Seattle Art Museum, as well as information drawn from interviews with Dr. Ulrich and Stella Fritzsche, highlighting their experiences as collectors: <a href="https://samlibraries.omeka.net/exhibits/show/fritzsche-porcelain-collection">https://samlibraries.omeka.net/exhibits/show/fritzsche-collection</a>. Collector's Notes: Dr. Fritzsche's Collector's Notes are available for viewing <a href="https://samlibraries.omeka.net/items/show/2991">here</a> (Dr. Ulrich Fritzsche, “Ulrich and Stella Fritzsche Collection of Vincennes–Sèvres Porcelain,” unpublished manuscript, Seattle Art Museum Library Archives, 2018). In this document, Dr. Ulrich Fritzsche recounts the details of every object in his collection, including provenance and historical notes. <a href="http://s10035.eos-intl.net/S10035/OPAC/Search/SpecialTitles.aspx?List_Code=25134070&clicked=true&PatronSearches=false">Fritzsche Library on Decorative Arts</a>: A collection of books donated by Dr. Ulrich Fritzsche to the Seattle Art Museum Bullitt Library. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data slide, scanned using an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner at 3200 dpi. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Filename: Fritzsche_Slide_40.jpg Title A name given to the resource Two Plates with Blue Cobblestone Décor (assiettes lapis-caillouté décor) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1769 (date of object) March 1979 (date of slide) Description An account of the resource 35mm color slide of two plates (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The central well of each plate has a white ground painted with polychrome flowers and fruit; matching white reserves on the rim are painted with smaller bouquets. The pebbled décor on these plates is known as caillouté, or cobblestone. The number 40 is handwritten on the slide. Find more details on this décor in the <a href="https://samlibraries.omeka.net/exhibits/show/fritzsche-porcelain-collection">Fritzsche Porcelain Exhibit</a>. Subject The topic of the resource LCSH: LCSH: Porcelain, French—18th century—Pictorial works | Porcelain, French—Private collections | Porcelain, French—Sèvres—18th century—Slide collections | Sèvres porcelain—18th century—Pictorial works | Slides (Photography)—Private collections | Fritzsche, Ulrich—Art collections—Pictorial works | Ceramic tableware—France—18th century | Plates (Tableware)—France—18th century | Gilding—France—18th century | Decoration and ornament—Plant forms—France—18th century | Flowers in art | Plants in art | Fruit in art Getty AAT keywords: porcelain (material) | porcelain (visual works) | dinnerware | decorative plates | plates (general, dishes) | porcelain painting (image-making) | gilding-technique | flower (motif) | floral patterns | plant-derived motifs | fruit (plant components) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fritzsche, Ulrich (creator of slide); D’Arms, Ted (photographer); Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (creator of object) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Painter, Kirsten Blythe Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seattle Art Museum Libraries Type The nature or genre of the resource still image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/jpg Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dr. Ulrich and Stella Fritzsche Collection Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource These materials may be protected under copyright law and may only be used for educational, teaching, and learning purposes. If intended use is beyond these purposes, it is the sole responsibility of the user to obtain the appropriate copyright permissions. Language A language of the resource English | French Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. France Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. eighteenth century (dates CE) References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. See <a href="https://samlibraries.omeka.net/exhibits/show/fritzsche-porcelain-collection/bibliog">Complete Bibliography for the Fritzsche Porcelain Collection</a> Relation A related resource From Dr. Fritzsche’s Collector’s Notes: “I bought these two plates from the Antique Porcelain Company, New York” (Dr. Ulrich Fritzsche, “Ulrich and Stella Fritzsche Collection of Vincennes–Sèvres Porcelain,” unpublished manuscript, Seattle Art Museum Library Archives, 2018). The complete Collector’s Notes are available for viewing <a href="https://samlibraries.omeka.net/items/show/2991">here</a>. Eighteenth Century France Fritzsche Porcelain Collection Porcelain Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Ulrich Fritzsche