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35mm color slide of a white biscuit medallion (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The medallion depicts Benjamin Franklin in profile, sculpted in relief, and is based on a bust created ca. 1777 by the French sculptor Jean-Jacques Caffierri (1725–92),…

35mm color slide of a white biscuit medallion (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). This slide shows the verso of the Benjamin Franklin portrait in Slide 54a. It is inscribed in sepia ink with the date 1780 and the words: “Le docteur Franklin envoyé des…

35mm color slide of a Bouillard cup and saucer (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). Its vibrant, richly colored design was painted by Charles Louis Méreaud (ca. 1735–80; active 1756–80), a painter and gilder known for his flowers, garlands, ornaments, and…

35mm color slide of a Bouillard cup and saucer (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). These are adorned with an unusual blue shell decoration (décor à coquille). In her description of décor à coquille, Savill mentions this particular object in the Fritzsche…

35mm color slide of a hard-paste, two-handled soup bowl with cover and stand (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). Both the bowl and cover have paintings in white reserves and extensive decorative gilding, including foliage and fan shapes. “These scenes…

35mm color slide of a hard-paste, two-handled soup bowl with cover and stand (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). This is an enlarged detail of the “Bowl with Cover and Stand” (écuelle, slide 50a). “These scenes with exotic gentlemen in Turkish dress…

35mm color slide of a hard-paste, two-handled soup bowl with cover and stand (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). This is an enlarged detail of the “Bowl with Cover and Stand” (écuelle, slide 50a). “These scenes with exotic gentlemen in Turkish dress…

35mm color slide of a breakfast tray with four Bouillard cups (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). The bases and rims are gilded, and each object has a white ground painted with blue monochrome designs (camaïeu bleu). Rosalind Savill confirms that…

35mm color slide of a cup and saucer (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The décor on this piece is known as feuille de choux (cabbage-leaf). Rosalind Savill suggests that the term feuille de choux refers not only to the white reserves, which are shaped…

35mm color slide of a Calabre teapot (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). Much of the teapot is white, but the upper section of the body has a blue ground color. Gilt foliage separates the blue and white sections. Multi-colored bouquets of flowers are…