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Jam or mustard pot with cover
Made at: Sèvres Manufactory (France)
French
1780
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
8.89 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry Mason
Accession Number65.494a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionBarrel shape with single ear handle. White painted with bouquets of flowers in a shell outline of blue. Gilded around top, base, handle and shell outlines. Marked on bottom in blue with interlaced "L's" in the center, "CC" on the left denoting the year 1780 and a small "m" on the right denoting the painter, Michel. Cover decorated in same manner wtih bud and three-leaf gilded finial; has opening for lost spoon. Probably purchased in Paris by John and Abigail Adams and possibly later used in the White House. See also 29.5-7.
Marks
Marked on bottom in blue with interlaced "L's" in the center, "CC" on the left denoting the year 1780 and a small "m" on the right denoting the painter, Michel
ProvenanceFanny Crowninshield Homans (Mrs. Henry Lowell Mason, Jr.) (b. 1911 - d. 1994), Boston, MA; April 14, 1965, gift of Mrs. Henry Mason