15929967820001312637261000Standard Recordobject-93554170292709121916946033170001702926924584fitz-onlineadlib-object-93554https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/935548657e874-6b27-3b11-843c-1ed51d4176778referenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainreferenceterm-117089adlib-term-11708970d59fbc-64f7-304e-a336-bf6d65a433a8Louis C. G. Clarkeblue, pale turquoise-green, yellowish and brownish green, yellow, puce pink, purple, grey, brown, and blackreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsunderglaze bleu lapisreferenceterm-113756adlib-term-11375679bc070a-703b-3bad-a71d-db930b9fccf0ground colourreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationin blue, pale turquoise-green, yellowish and brownish green, yellow, puce pink, paurple, grey, brown, and blackenamelsreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingunderglaze bleu lapisreferenceterm-120423adlib-term-12042349c03045-1936-389b-82bc-13662efdec88ground layingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain stand for a mustard pot, decorated with an underglaze blue ground,and two reserves each painted in polychrome enamels with two birds in a landscape, framed by gilding.Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and decorated with an underglaze blue (bleu lapis) ground, painting in blue, pale turquoise-green, yellowish and brownish green, yellow, puce pink, purple, grey, brown, and black enamels, and gilding. Oval with curved, slightly lobed sides, and undulating rim with four notches at the cardinal points and four less prominent notches between them. There is a suspension hole in the footring. The stand has a bleu lapis ground with a shaped reserve each end, surrounded by an elaborate rococo frame composed of gilt scrolls, flowers and foliage. The reserves are each painted with two birds in a landscape, one bird standing and the other flying or perched in a tree. There is a dentilated gilt band round the rim. A pair with C.19A-1961.referenceexhibition-1766adlib-exhibition-176650dc1734-4ec9-32ea-b76e-4e9ef08bfc00Image and TextC.19B-19611accession numberC.19B-196193554priref93554urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/93554https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/93554on basepainted in blue enamelinterlaced L's enclosing G.factory markM followed by a dot about half way up the right stroke of the letteron base, below factory markpainted in blue enamelM.painter's markon base close to footringincisedgpincised markgold paper elongated rectangle with cut corners inscribed in black ink with 'Strawberry Hill.'on baseinscribed in black inkStrawberry Hilllabelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumLouis C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960referenceagent-149875adlib-agent-14987589f52d0e-b912-3dc9-8b2c-61d6aa011b16Clarke, Louis Colville Gray196019601960-04-27bequeathedThis stand and its pair do not appear in the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, Mr George Robins, 25 April, 1842,The Valuable Contents of Strawberry Hill, nor are they described in Horace Walpole, A Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole . . . Strawberry Hill . . ., 17841760CE1760Accessioned as 1759 but the date letter system has been revised so that A stands for 1754 instead of 1753, so that the G on this piece indicates 1760 rather than 1759.1760factoryreferenceagent-161360adlib-agent-1613607b3ff8f7-d7ff-380d-8d45-22cbd06ada8eSèvres Porcelain Manufactorypainterreferenceagent-95505adlib-agent-955057328c5c0-b03c-38b9-a24e-9c8130bc3201Morin, Jean-Louisperhapsrépareurreferenceagent-162406adlib-agent-162406ae08b23b-043d-3334-a062-764b683be1e1Grémont, Claude-Jean-Baptisteperhapsrépareurreferenceagent-175222adlib-agent-17522226cc5a91-e0d9-3fdf-bfda-38d39acea11ePoulain, GratienFor the revised dating of this piece, see Documentation, Peters, 2014.This is one of two different forms which accompanied barrel-shaped mustard pots (moutardiers ordinaires), the other has a cusped rather than indented outline, and a central depression to take the pot. This stand and its pair may have been intended to accompany a pair of similarly decorated mustard pots decorated by the same two decorators, and said to have come from Strawberry Hill, formerly in the Charles-Otto Zieseniss Collection (see Documentation).referenceterm-106451adlib-term-1064519cdfd62c-ee07-3884-ae08-c797aad0863118th Century, Midreferenceterm-15538adlib-term-15538e4001da7-ed48-3271-a6fb-c7f54095a1adLouis XVreferenceterm-113750adlib-term-1137509c94e435-9cde-38f2-b190-3a9ff2a77005literalFranceFrancecountrySèvrespresumed lead glazereferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazereferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainHeightcm3.4Lengthcm18Widthcm13.6referencemedia-200325adlib-media-2003256171f57f-cdbb-3dd3-889f-8c3427180484jpegaa/aa35/C_19A_1961_C_19B_1961_200902_mfj22_dc2.jpg1heightpixels683widthpixels102417029265592011imagejpegaa/aa35/mid_C_19A_1961_C_19B_1961_200902_mfj22_dc2.jpg1heightpixels333widthpixels49917029265592011imagejpegaa/aa35/C_19A_1961_C_19B_1961_200902_mfj22_dc2.jpg1heightpixels683widthpixels102417029265592011imagejpegaa/aa35/preview_C_19A_1961_C_19B_1961_200902_mfj22_dc2.jpg1heightpixels167widthpixels25017029265592011image0media
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imagereferenceterm-107559adlib-term-1075597f8f2ef8-86fb-318c-b509-1a70260fce87standstand for mustard pothistory notePossibly Horace Walpole (1717-97), Fourth Earl of Orford, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, or a later occupant of Strawberry Hill. Probably W.J. Goode; sold Christie’s, 17 July 1895, lot 250. Acquired by Louis C.G. Clarke, before October 1948 when recorded in Sotheby’s inventory of his collection at Leckhampton, Cambridge.1referenceobject-72954adlib-object-729541c5a3dae-ca0d-3450-bac1-f4ecb95419321reference1term-123169adlib-term-1231696e47fb5c-dbf9-39e1-8fab-101e974ed882stand for a mustard potstand for a mustard pot1referenceobject-93567adlib-object-935677fe7cd93-b01c-3b64-bb0c-18e71be0d48d1reference1term-90855adlib-term-90855b48207ec-774d-3e3e-8ab3-536996bc5dacdishdishreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumCf. p. 60, no. 107, where it is stated that a design for this kind of dish exists at Sèvres60referencepublication-3637adlib-publication-36375eb27a85-d31c-3b6f-b09e-8e02f712649cThe James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Sèvres PorcelainCf. p. 327-8, the incised mark gp and its appearance on catalogue nos. 32, 46, and 75,F. Eriksen attributes the mark to Claude-Jean-Baptiste Grémont père, a thrower and répareur working 1746-8, and 1754-75.327-8referencepublication-3644adlib-publication-364498152442-d20d-3780-aea4-f7a43bb51263The Wrightsman Collection IV: PorcelainRef. p. vi where Dauterman confirms Ericksen's opinion that gp incised might be the mark of Grémont père. Cf. The incised mark gp on catalogue nos. 87 (a plateau) , 102 (pair of compotiers ovales), no. 109 (tray for ice cups).vireferencepublication-5544adlib-publication-554428882f1d-7a13-30af-86be-c19a99274fc9Sèvres Porcelain, Makers and Marks of the Eighteenth CenturyRef. p.199 for the gp incised mark which the author suggests might be that of Gratien Poulain, see p. 123, who was working at the factory as a répareur between 1758 and 1777. For Grémont père's dates of working, see p. 87. He was working as a répareur c. 1752 and 1756-73 and 1773-75 répareur of soft-paste.87, 123, 199referencepublication-3653adlib-publication-3653a5169280-301b-31bd-9138-472d4d94a3caLes Marques de SèvresRef. Vol. III, for Jean-Louis Morin, see pp. 1051-2. Savill notes that a group of pieces possibly by Morin are decorated with birds in landscapes, with examples dating from 1753-65. Also that from 1758 he began to work on pieces with coloured reserves. For occurences of the incised mark gp, see p. 1106, which following Dauterman, she suggests may be the soft-paste répareur Gratien Poulain, op. 1758-77.1106referencepublication-2709adlib-publication-2709e4899c4a-b889-3004-9341-697b98920a9fThe Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Sèvres PorcelainRef. Vol. I, Part I, p. 61 for variants of the M mark used by Morin, including an M followed by a dot half-way up the right stroke of the M.61referencepublication-5542adlib-publication-55422a50a06d-9569-3541-8bd6-d98d1f9c6081Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th CenturyCf. p. 147, lot 198 a pair of mustard pots with covers, bleu lapis ground and coloured birds in landscapes in the reserves, date letter for 1759-60, and marks of Morin, and the mark which appears on C.19A-1961, possibly Yvernel. They are said to have come from Strawberry Hill, and this suggests strongly that they could be the pots which were originally with this one and its pair. Previously sold Christie's London, 28 February 1994, lot 142147referencepublication-4654adlib-publication-4654d85cfd87-80cb-3509-b001-361acbb42605Collection Charles-Otto ZiesenissCf. p. 210, figs. 238 and 239, and p. 232, no. 240, a gobelet litron and saucer of 1765, the cup bearing a similar gold label inscribed 'Strawberry Hill', thought to be lot 84 on day 11 of the Strawberry Hill sale of 1842; bought by John P. Beavan, Esq.; possibly Alice Hay-Appleton and bequeathed by her to W. S. Lewis, now The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University210, 232referencepublication-6736adlib-publication-673661e8e6aa-4262-3e84-a2df-b8c4f8c40156Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hillreferencepublication-7713adlib-publication-771313ecce43-21cf-3376-aa97-9167d26f86b9An examination of Vincennes and early Sèvres date letters. A transcript of the talk given at the French Porcelain Society Study Day on 17 June 2014referenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoanimalreferenceterm-106419adlib-term-1064196a020a7a-d710-3cb6-af17-8cd664abcf90birdplace typereferenceterm-106275adlib-term-106275a1bd9046-a422-36ac-a493-60fa7c7f7e91landscapeliteralbirdbirdliterallandscapelandscapereferenceterm-107559adlib-term-1075597f8f2ef8-86fb-318c-b509-1a70260fce87standstandsoft-paste porcelain, moulded, decorated with an underglaze blue ground, painting in blue, pale turquoise-green, yellowish and brownish green, yellow, puce pink, paurple, grey, brown, and black enamels, and gildingreferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingobject
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