15929996460001312637261000Standard Recordobject-74645170292699798617029085730001702926928074fitz-onlineadlib-object-74645https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74645afe3f1c8-e209-3c66-92bc-eae46f65f19c9personreferenceagent-152510adlib-agent-152510661e584e-548f-3a8e-bd6c-1d544320b7e0sailorreferenceterm-37642adlib-term-376428f36efe3-4fe1-3da2-9944-000db5687ad7porcelainreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainreferenceterm-117089adlib-term-11708970d59fbc-64f7-304e-a336-bf6d65a433a8Louis C. G. Clarkeblue, green, yellowish-green, yellow, pink, pale purple, red, brown, grey, and blackreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsgreenreferenceterm-113756adlib-term-11375679bc070a-703b-3bad-a71d-db930b9fccf0ground colourreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationgreenreferenceterm-120423adlib-term-12042349c03045-1936-389b-82bc-13662efdec88ground layingin enamelsreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingreferenceterm-110350adlib-term-110350ab450de1-5dfc-3514-9493-1f724d7255a7trade/occupationreferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain, decorated with a green ground, and reserves painted in enamels with scenes of sailors, ships, flowers and birds, and gilded.Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, and decorated on the outside with a green ground, painting in blue, green, yellowish-green, yellow, pink, pale purple, red, brown, grey, and black enamels, and gildin. The elongated, lobed oval vase stands on a low foot, and has a slightly concave back and a bowed front. The rim is curved and rises at either end to form handles, moulded from half way up the sides with acanthus leaves. The glaze on the interior has areas of blue and grey speckling. There are two suspension holes in the footring. The ground is bluish-green with an oval reserve on the front and back framed by wide bands of gilding tooled with short lines crossed at intervals by crossed ribbons, and flanked by rectangular vertical panels filled by four vertical rows of gold dotted circles. The reserve on the curved side is painted in polychrome enamels with a harbour scene featuring two sailors leaning on a barrel beside a fire, and behind them three others working on the rigging of a ship. The shore on the right is backed by high cliffs, and on the left, the sea extends to the horizon. The reserve on the back is painted with a spray of flowers with a flying bird on each side The handles are white with touches of gilding on the moulded leaves. There is a band of gilding round the foot and a dentilated band round the rim.C.35-19611accession numberC.35-196174645priref74645urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74645https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74645on basepainted in manganese-purple enamelinterlaced L's enclosing Ofactory marka quaveron base, at one side of factory markpainted in violet enamelpainter's markvertical line with a circle at the top, and running through shapeon baseincisedincised markrectangular discoloured white paper labelon baseinscribed in black inkFrom the collections of/Lord Willoughby D'Eresbyof/Marquess of Lincolnshirelabelon baseprinted in black and hand-written in black inkSEVRES (printed) Date/1767/PtR. CORNAILElabelsmall rectangular buff paper labelon baseprinted39labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumL.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960referenceagent-149875adlib-agent-14987589f52d0e-b912-3dc9-8b2c-61d6aa011b16Clarke, Louis Colville Gray196019601960bequeathedLord Carrington married for the second time to Charlotte Augusta Annabella, 2nd and youngest surviving sister, and coheir of Alberic, Lord Willoughby d'Eresby. On her death, their son Charles Robert Carrington inherited a moiety of the office of Joint Hereditary Great Chamberlain of England, held by his maternal grandfather and maternal uncle, both Lords Willoughby d'Eresby. Hence this name appearing on the label with Marquess of Lincolnshire. See Documentation1767CE1767date letter for 1767, but this may have been added later with the decoration probably in the 19th centurydated1767makerreferenceagent-161360adlib-agent-1613607b3ff8f7-d7ff-380d-8d45-22cbd06ada8eSèvres Porcelain Manufactorypainterreferenceagent-30263adlib-agent-302635344cb31-8dc9-3364-a8ef-9a8f75734180Cornaille, Antoine-ToussaintThis flower vase known as a 'caisse à fleurs Verdun' was named after Jean-François Verdun de Monchiroux, a share-holder in in both the Charles Adam and Eloi Brichard companies. It was introduced in three sizes in 1754, but the second and third sizes were not produced until 1759. This example is of the third size which ranged from height 10 to 11.3 cm and length 23.7 to 24.4 cm. The moulds and models for three sizes were mentioned in the work of 1754 in the inventory of January 1755 (MNS, Inventaire de 1755 I 7, pp. 6, 8), A design survives which shows outlines of two sizes of the plan, and three sizes of the elevation (MNS R.1, liasse 3, dossier 1, fol. 3). The drawing was illustrated by Rosalind Savill in her 'Catalogue of the Wallace Collection '(see Documention). She provided an extensive list of examples of the various sizes, including under the third size the Fitzwilliam’s, and examples in the Frick Collection, New York, the British Museum, London, the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, and the Louvre, Paris.
This example is a genuine piece of Sèvres soft paste, and bears an incised mark which also appears one of a pair of caisse à fleurs at Waddesdon Manor, and on two of a set of three cuvettes à tombeau, in the Wadsworth Atheneum (1917.1047 and 1917.1049), It also occurs on a milk jug of c. 1756-60 in the Fitzwilliam’s collection (C.43-1961). But although the vase bears the musical quaver note mark of Cornaille, a specialist flower painter, the quality and design of the floral panel is very poor, and the painted decoration and gilding must have been executed outside the factory, probably in the early 19th century. The quay scene might have been by Morin or one of the other paintings painting harbour scenes but the colouring is not typical, and its quality does not compare well with the quay scenes on Sèvres vases in the Royal Collection (see Documentation). Another point indicating later decoration is that on both sides the oval reserves overlap the vertical moulding on either side of them, which was not normal practice, although their gilded frames sometimes did so. The decoration must have been executed before 1864 when the vase was recorded as no. 15 in an inventory and valuation ceramics in the possession of Lord Carrington at 8 Whitehall, London.
During the late 18th and early 19th century the Manufacture Royale at Sèvres sold large quantities of soft-paste porcelain ‘seconds’, both white (rebut blanc), and partially decorated which were decorated outside the factory in Paris and elsewhere. Revealing discussions of this practice are given by Savill (1988) and Bellaigue (2009), see Documentation.referenceterm-113159adlib-term-1131594bdfb4a7-b307-3dfa-a3d6-8ada4683271e18th Century, third quarter#referenceterm-15538adlib-term-15538e4001da7-ed48-3271-a6fb-c7f54095a1adLouis XVreferenceterm-113750adlib-term-1137509c94e435-9cde-38f2-b190-3a9ff2a77005literalFranceFrancecountrySèvresreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazereferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainHeightcm11.3Lengthcm24.5Widthcm11.4referencemedia-43143adlib-media-4314335737da6-3005-32c5-90a4-ffd93132cf65jpegaa/aa23/C_35_1961_20_282_29.jpg1heightpixels507widthpixels76017029263128711imagejpegaa/aa23/mid_C_35_1961_20_282_29.jpg1heightpixels334widthpixels50017029263128711imagejpegaa/aa23/C_35_1961_20_282_29.jpg1heightpixels507widthpixels76017029263128711imagejpegaa/aa23/preview_C_35_1961_20_282_29.jpg1heightpixels167widthpixels25017029263128711image0media
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imagereferenceterm-116718adlib-term-116718e9d001f0-53b7-386c-9b96-b9af1a4d2be0flower vasecuvette à fleurs Verdunhistory noteRobert John, Lord Carrington, Whitehall, London, before March 1864; on his death in 1868 inherited by Charles Robert, Lord Carrington, from 1912 Marquess of Lincolnshire; probably sold Christie's, 5 December 1928, Catalogue of Old English and French Furniture, Decorative Objects, the Property of the Most Hon. The Marquess of Lincolnshire, p. 7, lot 40. Purchased by Louis C.G. Clarke from Mallett & Sons before October, 1948; Louis C.G. Collection; bequeathed by Louis C.G. Clarke, 1960.1referenceobject-75072adlib-object-75072a0dba82f-cecc-3583-a711-b35edd3149da1reference1term-91373adlib-term-91373171ec8ee-d171-3136-92a4-c7b7ea2d16b1milk jugmilk jugreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. This flower vase was probably lot 40 in the Marquess of Lincolnshire sale of 1928, p. 7. 'Lot 40 An Oval Jardinière, painted with a river scene and fishermen, in the manner of Morin, in an oval panel with gilt borders on apple-green ground - 9 3/4". wide - 1767'.
It does not appear in the Marquess of Lincolnshire sale held by Christie's on 13th-14th December, 1934; Fine Sèvres and English Porcelain, French and English Furniture.p. 7referencepublication-3915adlib-publication-3915ae12a5c1-b33f-320e-9f9c-d64696356f4eCatalogue of Old English and French Furniture, Decorative Objects, the Property of the Most Hon. The Marquess of LincolnshireRef. p. 238-42, for the form cuvette à fleurs 'Verdun', and 34.9.20, an example with a turquoise ground and bird painting of 1760238-42referencepublication-3641adlib-publication-364194467386-3f8b-3dcb-89a5-19fb77f49041Frick Collection, An Illustrated Catalogue, Volume VII - Porcelains Oriental and FrenchRef. Vol. I, pp. 56-7, for the cuvette à fleurs 'Verdun', plaster model and drawing (illustrated), title and date of introduction, use in garnitures, and examples. See also pp. 57-61, C.214, painted with a bleu celeste ground, and reserves with cherubs and flowers. An extensive list of examples follows. The Fitzwilliam's example is mentioned on p. 61, under the third size, note s. For the fermier géneral, and share-holder, Jean-François Verdun de Monchiroux, after whom the form was named, see Vol. III, pp. 988-9. See also in Vol. III, pp. 1167-71, Appendix VII, The redecoration of Sèvres in 19th century England.56-61referencepublication-2709adlib-publication-2709e4899c4a-b889-3004-9341-697b98920a9fThe Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Sèvres PorcelainRef. p. 35 for the mark of Antoine-Toussaint Cornailles35referencepublication-3653adlib-publication-3653a5169280-301b-31bd-9138-472d4d94a3caLes Marques de SèvresCf.see p. 196, no. 71, one of a pair of caisse à fleurs with the same incised mark as the Fitzwilliam's cuvette à fleurs Verdun196-7referencepublication-3637adlib-publication-36375eb27a85-d31c-3b6f-b09e-8e02f712649cThe James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Sèvres PorcelainCf. pp. 139-43, no. 70, a garniture of three cuvettes à tombeau, two of which bear the same incised mark as the Fitzwilliam's cuvette à fleurs Verdun (1917.1047 and 1917.1049) which the author describes as a coffee bean with stemp. 139-43referencepublication-2724adlib-publication-2724e1cfd19f-1a09-348b-8813-f71b68d85f84French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum, The J. Pierpont Morgan Collectionreferencepublication-6636adlib-publication-66368a6e2d82-65e4-3d44-a739-2e4c393fd9c6French Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queenreferencepublication-3616adlib-publication-36167ae45eaf-b5a1-314c-856f-7e3419f1a94eFrench Porcelain, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collectionreferencepublication-7687adlib-publication-76871aeeee5c-fea1-3945-a162-4014d1d72e95Un défi au goût, 50 ans de création à la manufacture royale de Sèvres (1740-1793)referenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoobject namereferenceterm-80826adlib-term-808260aa155f8-d4d1-3df9-9bd8-a3b54c4d9618shipobject namereferenceterm-108133adlib-term-108133db7e9d78-91c7-3bdb-a70d-28fbb1872d39barrelobject namereferenceterm-24787adlib-term-24787b14c69fa-2922-37ee-9bc3-cfdee85aba7dfireanimalreferenceterm-25536adlib-term-25536dc50e6b9-2ea9-373f-b7ab-4ee201ca0256birdsplantreferenceterm-107622adlib-term-107622523e46be-6c51-3455-8391-3ea334aab2f0flowersplantreferenceterm-4749adlib-term-4749134828f6-5031-3e4b-a59b-ab4a880538d6acanthusactivityreferenceterm-107758adlib-term-107758598fdcfd-aa6b-334d-b7e9-3281537e20cfworkingactivityreferenceterm-47430adlib-term-4743015f5631d-94c7-3a09-a0d3-94ffad2db5d5riggingplace typereferenceterm-58346adlib-term-5834636a43f82-c62a-350b-b02c-bc5f4e6544afseaplace typereferenceterm-58166adlib-term-58166a7e48670-04a7-3533-a10f-bf28dee1bf47cliffliteralshipshipliteralbarrelbarrelliteralfirefireliteralbirdsbirdsliteralflowersflowersliteralacanthusacanthusliteralworkingworkingliteralriggingriggingliteralseasealiteralcliffcliffreferenceterm-116718adlib-term-116718e9d001f0-53b7-386c-9b96-b9af1a4d2be0flower vaseflower vasesoft-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed, and decorated on the outside with a green ground, painting in blue, green, yellowish-green, yellow, pink, pale purple, red, brown, grey, and black enamels, and gildingreferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingCùvette à fleurs Verdunobject
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