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Made at: Saint-Cloud Manufactory (France)
French
1745–50; silver, 1744–50
Medium/Technique
Soft-past porcelain decorated in underglaze blue, polychrome enamels, and gold; silver mounts
Dimensions
Overall: 4.1 x 8.5 x 7cm (1 5/8 x 3 3/8 x 2 3/4in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.1887
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionOblong, silver mounted, white ground; top and sides with Imari design with three color tone fans overlaid with gilding; inside on sides
and bottom decorated with sprays of flowers and insects.
and bottom decorated with sprays of flowers and insects.
Marks
Porcelain: none. Silver: a salmon's head, Paris discharge mark for small work, 1744-50
ProvenanceBy 1950, with Jas. A. Lewis & Son, New York; October 18, 1950, sold by Jas. A. Lewis & Son to Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.(Accession Date: December 24, 1965)