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35mm color slide of a tray (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). This undulating trapezoidal object was previously identified as a plateau Duvaux (Duvaux Tray), but Linda Roth, Clare Le Corbeiller, and Rosalind Savill identify it as a plateau Duplessis…

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 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 cup and socketed saucer (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). This type of saucer is termed “socketed” (enfoncé), because it has a “raised flat flange and deep socketed center” (Savill 1988, 2:674). Several scholars note that this…

35mm color slide of a wine bottle cooler (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). It has a white ground, accentuated by a stripe of dark blue near the rim. Burnished gilding accentuates both the rim and the molding of the scroll-shaped handles. Gilt foliage…

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 a wine bottle cooler and a liqueur decanter cooler from the Asturias Service (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). Both objects have a white ground with painted reserves, which depict military scenes. They are adorned with gilded…

35mm color slide of a wine bottle cooler from the Asturias Service (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). It has a white ground with painted reserves depicting military scenes. It is adorned with gilded foliage and polychrome bouquets. The handles, rim, and…

35mm color slide of a wine bottle cooler from the Asturias Service (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). It has a white ground with painted reserves depicting military scenes. It is adorned with gilded foliage and polychrome bouquets. The handles, rim, and…

35mm color slide of a liqueur decanter cooler from the Asturias Service (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). This is a side-view of the “Liqueur Decanter Cooler” (seau à topette, slide 49a). This was a gift from Louis XV to his granddaughter Marie Louise…