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35mm color slide of a porcelain mark on one of the Bouillard cups from Slides 9a–b. The top part of the image contains the painter’s mark for André-Vincent Vielliard (1717–90; active 1752–90; known as Vielliard père or aîné [the elder], sometimes…

35mm color slide of a porcelain mark for a Bouillard cup and saucer. The mark is for Jean-Baptiste Tandart aîné (the elder; 1729–1816, active 1754–1800 or 1803), who was one of the “most skilled flower-painters” of his era (Eriksen and De Bellaigue…

35mm color slide of porcelain marks for the bowl in Slide 50. The marks are for Philippe Castel (active 1772–1797), a painter of birds, ornaments, and landscapes, and for Henri-Martin Prévost (active 1757–97), a gilder (Eriksen and De Bellaigue 1987,…

35mm color slide of a porcelain mark for the Calabre teapot in Slide 28. This is the painter’s mark for Antoine-Joseph Chappuis, known as Chappuis aîné (the elder; 1743–87; active 1756– or 1761–87), who specialized in birds, landscapes, and flowers…

35mm color slide of porcelain marks for the liqueur decanter cooler in Slide 49a: a mark for Pierre aîné (the elder; active 1759–75), and a hatchet mark, which is the painter’s mark for Pierre-Joseph Rosset (active 1753–90). (See Tardy 1981, 559,…

35mm color slide of a porcelain mark for the litron cup in Slide 29. This is believed to be the mark for Fallot (active 1764–90), a “ground color worker, painter, gilder, burnisher, and enameller,” who is particularly known for inventing his own…

35mm color slide of a porcelain mark for the litron cup and saucer in Slides 58a–c. 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,…

35mm color slide of a porcelain mark on the mustard-pot tray in Slide 14. The mark is for Mutel, a “painter of landscapes” (b. approx. 1734, active 1754–59, 1765–66, 1771–73; see Tardy 1981, 556; Eriksen and De Bellaigue 1987, 174, 259). The number…

35mm color slide of a porcelain mark for an oil-cruet tray (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The number 39 is handwritten on the slide.

35mm color slide of a porcelain mark on the plate in Slide 8. The mark is composed of a pair of blue, interlaced Ls (one facing forward, the other reversed), which represents the French royal monogram, and corresponds to the factory mark for…