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…
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 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).…
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)…
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…
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…
35mm color slide of a wine cooler, half-bottle size (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). The rim and base are gilded. The body is painted with a colorful landscape that includes trees, buildings, a bridge over a river, and a person fishing. Sassoon…
35mm color slide of a wine cooler, half-bottle size (Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory). The rim and base are gilded. The body is painted with a colorful landscape that includes trees, buildings, a lake or river, and a person fishing. Sassoon notes…