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Glass Cooler
seau à verre
Made at: Vincennes Manufactory (France)
Possibly decorated by: Pierre Houry (French, working about 1724–1755)
Possibly decorated by: Pierre Houry (French, working about 1724–1755)
French
1754–55
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 17.5 x 13.3 cm (5 1/8 x 6 7/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman
Accession Number23.127
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CollectionsEurope
DescriptionCircular form with rounded base on rim sub-base; modeled grips in the rococo style. Decoration: blue de roi; panels left white outlined with rococo forms in gold; fruit and flower painting by Houry.
Marks
Interlaced L's in underglaze blue, enclosing "B", "H" below in blue enamel; incised 2
ProvenanceJohn Cockshut (b. 1837 - d. 1912), London. November 28, 1922, sold by Jacques Seligmann et Fils, Paris (stock no. 3455) to Dudley Leavitt Pickman (b. 1850 - d. 1938), Paris and Cambridge, MA [see note]; 1923, gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 1, 1923)
NOTE: Archives of American Art, Jacques Seligmann and Co. Records, Series 7.8, Invoice Books, Box 309, folder 2.
NOTE: Archives of American Art, Jacques Seligmann and Co. Records, Series 7.8, Invoice Books, Box 309, folder 2.