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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 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 cup (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). This is an enlarged view of Slide 55a, showing the dolphin handle and other details of gilding and painted decoration. The number 55 is handwritten on the slide.

35mm color slide of a litron cup and saucer (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). Both objects have a white ground, adorned with bands of tooled gilding, multicolored bouquets, and a field of painted dots near the rim. The dolphin theme is prominent in…

35mm color slide of a white biscuit medallion (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). This slide shows the verso of the Benjamin Franklin portrait in Slide 54a. It is inscribed in sepia ink with the date 1780 and the words: “Le docteur Franklin envoyé des…

35mm color slide of a white biscuit medallion (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The medallion depicts Benjamin Franklin in profile, sculpted in relief, and is based on a bust created ca. 1777 by the French sculptor Jean-Jacques Caffierri (1725–92),…

35mm color slide of a hard-paste chocolate pot (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). Colorful pink, red, and blue floral bouquets are painted against a white ground. The edges are gilded with foliage and other designs. The “underside of the cover” includes…

35mm color slide of an ice cream cup (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). Against a greenish-blue ground color, circular white reserves contain paintings of a bird and a butterfly, but neither painting is fully visible on the slide. Surrounding the…

35mm color slide of a litron cup and saucer (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). Both cup and saucer have a white ground, painted with multicolored designs. The saucer depicts a butterfly, bird, and flowers, while the cup is adorned with a “chinoiserie”…

35mm color slide of a litron cup (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The cup has a white ground, painted with a multicolored “chinoiserie” scene, depicting a pagoda and two adult figures with a small child. The gobelet litron (litron cup) has a…