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35mm color slide of a pomade pot (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). It has a white ground adorned with gilded molding. At the center of the body is a painting of an exotically colorful bird perched on a branch. This type of pomade pot represents a new…

35mm color slide of a plate (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). Its rim has a green ground color with “partridge eye” decoration (œil de perdrix), which consists of white circles framed by colored dots, each highlighted by a prominent gilded dot at the…

35mm color slide of a plate (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The white ground color is encircled by a border of interwoven, broad green ribbons, known as “green ribands” (rubans verts), whose edges are highlighted by a delicate line of gilding. The…

35mm color slide of a plate from the Catherine the Great Service (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). It has a turquoise blue ground color (known as bleu céleste), a frieze of gilt scrolls (rinceaux), and small oval reserves depicting scenes from…

35mm color slide of a plate and wine bottle cooler (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). Each piece has a bright pink ground color, with a painted landscape depicting a hunting scene, set against a white background in the center. The plate also has three…

35mm color slide of a plate (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). It has a turquoise ground color around the rim, white ground in the center, and scalloped edges. At the center of the white well is the gilded monogram LPR, for Prince Louis de Rohan, “in…

35mm color slide of a pitcher (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). This type of pitcher is known as a broc ordinaire, which refers to a pitcher without a cover, in contrast to the covered style known as broc couvert (Eriksen and De Bellaigue 1987, 232).…

35mm color slide of two porcelain marks for the teapot and cup in Slides 23a and 23b. The painter’s mark on the teapot is for Charles Buteux, known as Buteux père or aîné (the elder) (1719–82, active 1756–82), a painter and gilder, whose mark was an…

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…

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).…