35mm color slide of a porcelain mark for the plate in Slide 59. The mark is for Charles-Nicolas Dodin (1734–1803; active 1754–1802), a painter whose “meticulous technique” was “unrivalled” at the porcelain factory (Savill 1988, 3:1029–30). The number…
35mm color slide of a porcelain mark for the pomade pot in Slide 33. The mark is for Étienne Evans (active 1752–1806), a painter of “birds, butterflies, landscapes, and flowers,” whose painter’s mark was a dagger (Eriksen and De Bellaigue 1987, 149,…
35mm color slide of a porcelain mark for the tray and cup in Slide 27 (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The mark is for Louis-Jean Thévenet, also known as Thévenet père (the elder; b. 1707–d. after 1778; active 1741–1777), who was one of the “most…
35mm color slide of a porcelain mark. The mark is for Vincent Taillandier (1736–90; active 1753–90), a “painter, gilder, and burnisher” (Savill 1988, 3:1068; Eriksen and De Bellaigue 1987, 154 no. 192, 173n192). The number 25 is handwritten on the…
35mm color slide of a porcelain mark for the plates in Slide 45. The mark is for Jean-Jacques Pierre, known as Pierre jeune (the younger; active 1763–1800), a specialist in painting flowers, especially “border patterns of pansies, daisies,…
35mm color slide of a porcelain mark on one of the fruit bowls in Slide 17. The mark is for Vavasseur aîné (the elder; active 1753–70), a “painter of flowers” (Tardy 1981, 569). The number 17 is handwritten on the slide.
35mm color slide of a porcelain mark for the wine-bottle cooler in Slides 22a and 22b. The mark is the letter F followed by a dot, and has not been identified. The number 22 is handwritten on the slide.
35mm color slide of porcelain marks for the wine cooler in Slide 49a. These include a mark for Philippe Castel (active 1772–97), a painter of birds, ornaments, and landscapes (Savill 1988, 3:1013; Eriksen and De Bellaigue 1987, 153 no. 22, 158n22).…
35mm color slide of two porcelain marks on the plate from the Catherine the Great Service in Slide 56. One mark (3 dots) is for Jean-Baptiste Tandart aîné (the elder; 1729–1816, active 1754–1800 or 1803), who was one of the “most skilled…