Details
| Manufacturer | Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1756 - present |
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| Date | between 1757 and 1758 |
| Medium | Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration and gilding |
| Dimensions | Overall: 4 3/4 × 6 3/8 × 5 inches (12.1 × 16.2 × 12.7 cm) |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund and Bernard J. Reilly Fund |
| Accession Number | 2002.68 |
| Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
| On View | Fashionable Living: Kanzler Room S330, Level 3 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | 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] |
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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)
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)
Published References
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.).
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.).
