15929997060001312637261000Standard Recordobject-82524170249422975116098482240001702494119290fitz-onlineadlib-object-82524https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/8252483207574-6fbb-347a-a040-1f6c5516d1737referenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainreferenceterm-117089adlib-term-11708970d59fbc-64f7-304e-a336-bf6d65a433a8Louis C. G. Clarkebleu lapisreferenceterm-115511adlib-term-11551195354bea-ee01-3917-8f14-2e642f756309underglaze blue groundreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationbleu lapis groundreferenceterm-120109adlib-term-1201090ac0da43-b119-38cf-9afd-87a3520c8d17painting underglazein blue, green, yellow, dark pink, red, purple, grey enamelsreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingDiametercm10Ewer FootHeightcm24.3EwerHeightcm8Widthcm23.7BasinWidthcm17.5Ewer Lip To HandlGildingreferenceterm-26923adlib-term-269238637c49a-c93f-3442-86fb-0fa05cb5345btoolingreferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain ewer, decorated with a bleu lapis ground, and reserves painted in enamels with flying birds, surrounded by gilded flowers and foliageSoft-paste porcelain decorated with underglaze bleu lapis ground, painting in blue, green, yellow, dark pink, red, purple, grey enamels, and gilding. The ewer stands on a domed quatrefoil foot. The body swells out above the foot and then contracts in a concave curve before flaring upwards and outwards at the front to form the lip, and up and over in a wave-like curve in the same direction on the opposite side. The handle is approximately ear-shaped with a moulded scroll at the junction with the body at the top just below the wave, and at the lower end just above the widest point. On each side there is a pear-shaped reserve painted in polychrome with two flying birds, the lower of the two holding a branch in its claws, and framed by gilded palms, flowers and foliage . Beneath the lip is an elaborate scroll and swag design in gold, and round the foot, a garland of flowers and foliage with tooled details. There are two bands of gilding round the outer edge of the foot, and just below the rim, following its contours, a single band. with a decorative motif and a garland of flowers below the lip. On the edge of the rim there is a dentilated band. The handle is white with lines of gilding down the sides and a form leaf spray at the top.
Part of a set with C.7A-1961C.7-19611accession numberC.7-196182524priref82524urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82524https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82524very thick and smudgyon base of ewerunderglaze in dark blueinterlaced Ls enclosing Afactory markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumL.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960referenceagent-149875adlib-agent-14987589f52d0e-b912-3dc9-8b2c-61d6aa011b16Clarke, Louis Colville Gray196019601960bequeathedEntry date: 1961-04-2717531753CE175317531754Both pieces bear the date letter assigned in 1845 to 1753, but which either ran over from the latter part of 1753 to 1754, or may not have been used until 1754. See Documentation, Peters, 2014.11754CE17541754factoryreferenceagent-140732adlib-agent-1407321cccf6bc-5e51-3e11-a849-d05785821974Vincennes Porcelain Manufactorydesignerreferenceagent-161376adlib-agent-1613768a52f5ad-6cc1-379e-a293-b3015f8543deDuplessis, Jean-Claude Chambellan, pèreIn 18th century France, ewers and basins were used in their owner's private apartments for washing their face and hands during the toilette, or for washing their hands while eating. They were not supplied as part of services for dining. This ewer known as a 'pot à la Romaine' in the factory but often referred to elsewhere as a' pot à l’eau à la Romaine, was designed by Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis (b. c. 1690-5; working 1748-1774) before October 1751.The ewer was made in two versions, 'uni' or plain, represented by this example, and with relief decoration described as ‘à ornements’, but the factory’s records do not always distinguish between them. The basins also differ, one having a smooth interior and the other relief moulded foliage. A plaster model for the pot à la Romaine à ornements survives at the factory but not a model for the basin. The factory's stock inventory of 1 October 1752 mentions moulds for both versions, biscuit, and glazed examples, but no decorated ewer and basin sets. The first known sale of a set, decorated with flowers, was on 15 December 1752 to M. Hébert.
Dark blue underglaze grounds were being used at Vincennes by 1751, and are now usually termed bleu lapis. The very brilliant dark blue ground on this ewer and its basin may be the 'bleu antique' or 'bleu de M. Gagny' which was introduced about October 1752. However, the term lapis continued to be used in sales records. The dark blue ground was often combined with bird painting in gold or colours in reserves surrounded by lavish and delicately chased gilding which concealed the edges of the reserves, and produced a most luxurious and sophisticated effect.
This ewer and its basin bear the date letter A introduced in 1753 and spanning the years 1753-1754. It might therefore have been one of three recorded sales of sets with bleu lapis grounds and polychrome bird decoration during those years. One was bought by Monsieur de Betz for 300 livres on 26 December 1753 (AMNS Vy 1, fol. 24) , another set was sold to the Parisian marchand-mercier, Lazare Duvaux, on 31 December 1753 for 220 livres (AMNS Vy 1 fol. 29), and a third was sold by to Madame la Marquise de Pompadour by Lazare Duvaux on 23 June 1754 (Livre Journal, no. 1818). His 'Livre Journal' entry does not state whether the birds were gold or coloured, but the price was the same as M. de Betz’s set which had coloured birds.referenceterm-106496adlib-term-106496bd563695-7339-3178-a8c4-25189907099318th Century, Mid#referenceterm-15538adlib-term-15538e4001da7-ed48-3271-a6fb-c7f54095a1adLouis XVreferenceterm-113744adlib-term-113744da105475-9705-3ee7-94ad-24892e6217d4literalFranceFrancecountryliteralVal-de-MarneVal-de-MarneregionVincennesreferenceterm-129470adlib-term-1294708353db27-fba9-33c1-94a1-f268fd2a2d21literalFranceFrancecountryParisreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazereferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainreferencemedia-53531adlib-media-53531dba6961d-f290-3114-a672-795d03759300jpegaa/aa23/C_7_20_26_20A_1961_20_282_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels50716162810699971imagejpegaa/aa23/mid_C_7_20_26_20A_1961_20_282_29.jpg1heightpixels750widthpixels50016162810699971imagejpegaa/aa23/C_7_20_26_20A_1961_20_282_29.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels50716162810699971imagejpegaa/aa23/preview_C_7_20_26_20A_1961_20_282_29.jpg1heightpixels375widthpixels25016162810699971image0media
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imagereferenceterm-88137adlib-term-88137eeab1777-4158-31f4-8f8a-0015cb1910f7ewerfactory namepot à la Romainehistory noteLouis C.G. Clarke, Cambridge, by whom acquired before October 19481referenceobject-140366adlib-object-140366e96834e1-110d-3a03-a0d8-d55f05a62fb61reference1term-89303adlib-term-893037012fd66-769f-33c8-bb38-d805db27c8c9basinbasinreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-3647adlib-publication-36476f961f53-7f4e-3f01-830c-e010fa284fceLivre-Journal de Lazare Duvaux marchand-bijoutier ordinaire du Roy 1748-1758, précédé d’une étude sur le gout e sur le commerce des objets d’art au milieu du XVIIIe siècleRef. pp. 70-1, for information about the design, and examples, nos. 135-9pp. 70-1referencepublication-3134adlib-publication-31343aca7c2c-770f-3903-8496-0510265bed08Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de SèvresCf. pp. 53-4, no. 60 and pl. XIV, now at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conneticutpp. 53-4referencepublication-3648adlib-publication-3648ccf03ea4-4c33-3145-b635-37b07ecd3e80Catalogue des Porcelaines Françaises de M.J. Pierpont Morganreferencepublication-200001233adlib-publication-200001233b1537651-1d4d-344c-a2b9-f900cb24d80dVincennes PorcelainCf. pp. 131-7, ill. 2.pp. 131-7referencepublication-200001234adlib-publication-200001234111d62f0-ee26-3232-a91e-516bafaeae08French Porcelain from the J.P. Morgan Collection at the Wadsworth AtheneumCf. p. 80, lot 83, a ewer and basin dated to c.1752 with birds by Xhrouet (Estimate £25,000-30,000). The ewer is 23.5 cm high and the basin 36 cm across. Ewer damaged.p. 80referencepublication-2487adlib-publication-2487aab242cd-1edf-3e09-8b91-2526ad0b27d3Fine Decorative Arts: Baroque to Neo-ClassicismRef. Vol. II, pp. 691-2, for the use of jugs and basins.691-2referencepublication-2709adlib-publication-2709e4899c4a-b889-3004-9341-697b98920a9fThe Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Sèvres PorcelainCf. pp. 293-5, no. 148, a ewer and basin with analogous decoration (1917.965-966). The authors give detailed documentary references for this form, and note the three sets made and sold c. 1752-4.293-5referencepublication-2724adlib-publication-2724e1cfd19f-1a09-348b-8813-f71b68d85f84French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum, The J. Pierpont Morgan CollectionCf. p. 14, pl. 9. MNCS 2631814referencepublication-7688adlib-publication-76886b3f6d1f-3f83-382d-a62c-7e80ce6c79eaComment reconnaître une porcelaine de Sèvres du XVIIIe sièclereferencepublication-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-25536adlib-term-25536dc50e6b9-2ea9-373f-b7ab-4ee201ca0256birdsplantreferenceterm-107622adlib-term-107622523e46be-6c51-3455-8391-3ea334aab2f0flowersplantreferenceterm-30746adlib-term-30746c9b49335-33a0-3ee8-b9d3-3f1f3abc5414foliageactivityreferenceterm-108592adlib-term-108592e8e23927-f8e4-3a97-acf6-95a4d4717770flyingliteralbirdsbirdsliteralflowersflowersliteralfoliagefoliageliteralflyingflyingreferenceterm-88137adlib-term-88137eeab1777-4158-31f4-8f8a-0015cb1910f7ewerewersoft-paste porcelain, moulded, decorated with an underglaze bleu lapis ground, painting in blue, green, yellow, dark pink, red, purple, grey enamels, and gilding with tooled details.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingEwer from a set comprising ewer and basinobject
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