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35mm color slide of a breakfast tray with four Bouillard cups (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). The bases and rims are gilded, and each object has a white ground painted with blue monochrome designs (camaïeu bleu). Rosalind Savill confirms that…

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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…

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35mm color slide of a plate (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). This object is called a “braided plate” (assiette à cordonnet) because the design imitates cord or braid, in this case on the gilded rim decoration (Dawson 1996, 60). The ground color…

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35mm color slide of a two-handled bowl (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). The side handles are molded in the form of two intertwined snakes. This slide shows a side view of “Snake-Handled Bowl” (slide 7a): here the snake handle is visible at the…

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35mm color slide of a two-handled bowl (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). The white body is painted with a floral design. The base and rim are gilded. The side handles are molded in the form of two intertwined snakes. The number 7 is handwritten on…

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35mm color slide of a white milk cup (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). It has no handles, and is octagonally shaped, with eight delicately curved panels. As visible in this slide, two of the panels are decorated with raised flowers in relief, and…

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35mm color slide of a glass cooler (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). It has two small handles. A large purple flower and a butterfly are painted atop the white ground color. The seau à verre (glass cooler) was a smaller version of the traditional…

Fritzsche_Slide_5b.jpg
35mm color slide of a glass cooler (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). It has two small handles. A large purple flower and a butterfly are painted atop the white ground color. The seau à verre (glass cooler) was a smaller version of the traditional…

Fritzsche_Slide_5a.jpg
35mm color slide of a glass cooler (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). It has two small handles. Two intertwined orange flowers, with insects interspersed around their leaves, are painted atop the white ground color. The seau à verre (glass cooler)…

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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…
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