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35mm color slide of a white sugar spoon (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). Its ladle is pierced with a pattern of circles and tear-drop shapes. Its handle consists of two curved sections entwined together. The edges are gilded. Eriksen and De…

35mm color slide of a white eggcup (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). Yellow and blue flowers are painted on the body, stem, and base. The rims are highlighted with gilding. Eriksen and De Bellaigue note that this type of eggcup with a foot…

35mm color slide of two white eggcups (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). Red and yellow flowers are painted on the body, stem, and base of each eggcup. The rims are highlighted with gilding. Eriksen and De Bellaigue note that this type of eggcup with…

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 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 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 litron cup (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The ground color is a dark blue known as the king's blue (bleu du roi), overlaid with tooled gilding of garlands, scrolls, foliage, and urns. This is a side view of Slide 58b. The…

35mm color slide of a litron cup (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The ground color is a dark blue known as the king's blue (bleu du roi), overlaid with tooled gilding of garlands, scrolls, foliage, and urns. The central reserve depicts two nude women,…

35mm color slide of a litron cup and saucer (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The ground color is a dark blue known as the king's blue (bleu du roi), overlaid with tooled gilding of garlands, scrolls, foliage, and urns. The central reserve on the…

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…