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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…

35mm color slide of two plates with inlaid flowers (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). Each rim has a broad band of dark blue known as bleu Fallot (Fallot blue), punctuated by circles of gilded dots and flower sprays. These flowers exemplify the…

35mm color slide of two plates (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). These are “from a service made for Charlotte Louise” as indicated by the crowned “CL” monogram in the center of the well (Fritzsche 2018). On the rim are painted reserves with floral…

35mm color slide of two white eggcups (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). Red and yellow flowers are painted on the body, stem, and base of each eggcup. The rims are highlighted with gilding. Eriksen and De Bellaigue note that this type of eggcup with…

35mm color slide of two Bouillard cups (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). This is a magnified view of two of the cups in Slide 9a. Each cup has a white ground painted with blue designs, including flowers and a bird carrying a branch. The base, rim,…

35mm color slide of a tray (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). Against a white ground color are paintings of intertwined foliage at the center and along the gilded, scalloped edges. The tray has the painter’s mark for Louis-Jean Thévenet, also known as…

35mm color slide of a white-and-gold teapot with three feet and a lid (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). Its feet, handle, lid, and spout are trimmed with gilding. The gold painting on its body depicts a tree, bird, dragonfly, and birdcage. The…

35mm color slide of a teapot in the Queen's style (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). On both the body and lid are white, shaped reserves set against a dark blue ground color (bleu lapis), framed by gilded trellises and garlands of foliage and…

35mm color slide of a white teapot and cup (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). Each is adorned with blue painted flowers and white flowers in relief. Dawson describes this décor as “molded in relief with prunus” and notes that the prunus decoration “is…

35mm color slide of a white teapot (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The body of the teapot is adorned with blue painted flowers and white flowers in relief. Dawson describes this décor as “molded in relief with prunus” and notes that the prunus…