About the Artwork
Chestnut Bowl and Stand
between 1757 and 1758
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
active 1756 - present
French
Unknown
Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration and gilding
Overall: 4 3/4 × 6 3/8 × 5 inches (12.1 × 16.2 × 12.7 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Museum Purchase, Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund and Bernard J. Reilly Fund
2002.68
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Marks, on bowl and stand, incised: BP [square répareur's mark, possibly refers to François Carrette, l'aîné (active 1754-70)] Marks, on bowl and stand, in blue: [factory mark of interlaced L's enclosing the date letter E for 1757-58] Marks, in red: [traces of inventory numbers]
Provenance
Baron Gustave de Rothschild [1829-1911] (Paris, France)
by descent to Rothschild family
1940s, confiscated by the German National Socialist (Nazi) government. restored to Rothschild family
by descent to Madame Benvenutti [née Rothschild] (Paris, France)
(Adrian Sassoon, London, England)
2002-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Masello, David. "100 Top Treasures." Art & Antiques (November 2002): p. 74 (ill.).
Darr, Alan. P. and Brian Gallagher. "Recent acquisitions (2000-2006) of European sculpture and decorative arts at The Detroit Institute of Arts." The Burlington Magazine 149, no. 1251 (June 2007): p. 451, pl. IX (ill.).
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Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Chestnut Bowl and Stand, between 1757 and 1758, soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration and gilding. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund and Bernard J. Reilly Fund, 2002.68.
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