Skip to main content

Pot à lait à pieds: C.43-1961

An image of Milk jug

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Alternative views

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Pot à lait à pieds

Maker(s)

Factory: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory

Entities

Categories

Description

Soft-paste porcelain milk jug, decorated with applied sprays of flowers and foliage, two panels painted in blue and gold with a triangular mosaïque pattern, and one panel painted in polychrome with a spray of flowers.

Soft-paste porcelain painted in blue, green, yellowish-green, yellow, pink, and mauve enamels, and gilded. The jug stands on three rustic feet. The bulbous body contracts at the neck and then flares upwards and outwards towards the notched rim, which is elongated at the front to form a lip. The rim is notched. The rustic handle rises up from the rim and curves upwards and then outwards in a single loop until it meets the most bulbous part of the body. Sprays of flowers and foliage in relief sprout from the junctions of the legs and handle with the body. The ground is white with under the spout a gilt, squat, shield-shaped outline enclosing a floral spray comprising a yellow rose, two blue flowers and three pink, with foliage. On each side of it there is an inverted outline of the same shape, filled with a mosaïque design comprising a triangular mesh of gilt lines, every alternate triangle painted in blue. The flowers in relief are painted in pink, mauve, yellow and blue. There is a dentilated gilt band round the rim and touches of gilding on the handle, feet and relief foliage.

Notes

History note: Louis C.G. Clarke, Leckhampton, Cambridge

Legal notes

L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960

Place(s) associated

  • Sèvres ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1961-04-27) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

18th Century, Mid#
Louis XV
Circa 1756 CE - 1760 CE

Note

The pot a lait à trois pieds was introduced in 1752, a second size by March 1753, and the third size in 1756. This example is of the first size between 11.3 to 12.9 cm. It seems likely that the D is a date letter rather than a painter or gilder’s mark, as this design appears on a cup and saucer of 1756/1757 (see Documention, Peters, 2014).

The triangular pattern differs from many other examples in not having double lines between the triangular cells. It appears similarly with one line on a pair of vases à contours ondulées of 1758-9 at Schloss Fasanerie, but these have little gold motifs inside the triangular cells ( see Dobert and Miller, 1999)

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( blue, green, yellow, pink, and mauve) gold
Over Lip Height 12.2 cm
Handle-spout Width 13 cm

Materials used in production

presumed lead-glaze Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Soft-paste porcelain, with applied moulded flowers and foliage in relief, painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, and mauve enamels, and gilded
Lead-glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: interlaced L's with a dot above

  • Location: On the underside of the body
  • Method of creation: Painted in blue enamel
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: possibly D
  • Location: To right of the crossed Ls
  • Method of creation: Painted indistinctly in blue enamel
  • Type: Mark

Inscription present: unidentifiable but does not look like a smudge

  • Location: On one foot
  • Method of creation: Painted in maroon
  • Type: Mark

Inscription present: unidentifiable but different from the other maroon mark, and does not look like a smudge

  • Location: On same foot as the other maroon mark
  • Method of creation: Painted in marroon
  • Type: Mark

Inscription present: a vertical line with a circle over the top of the line

  • Location: On the foot, below the handle
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Incised mark

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.43-1961
Primary reference Number: 75072
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Pot à lait à pieds" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75072 Accessed: 2024-11-05 11:30:43

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75072 |title=Pot à lait à pieds |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-05 11:30:43|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-75072

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/C_43_1961_20_281_29.jpg"
        alt="Pot à lait à pieds"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Pot à lait à pieds</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...