Details
| Manufacturer | Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, active 1756 - present |
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| Decorator | Philippe Boucot, French, 1785-1791 |
| Decorator | André-Joseph Foinet, called La France, French, 1758-1839 |
| Decorator | Étienne-Gabriel Girard, French, 1785-1795 |
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| Date | 1787 |
| Medium | Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration and gilding |
| Dimensions | Overall: 4 3/8 × 9 1/4 × 6 inches (11.1 × 23.5 × 15.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Mrs. Horace E. Dodge in memory of her husband |
| Accession Number | 71.252 |
| Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
| On View | Fashionable Living: S330.2, Level 3 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Marks, on stand, underneath, in blue: [interlaced L's enclosing "KK" (date mark for 1787)] Mark, on stand, underneath, in blue, below date: [mark of painter Boucot] Marks, underneath the stand, in gold: [marks of gilders Girard and La France] Marks, incised: 34 |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed, on stand, underneath, in blue: Courly de | Madagascar, Moineau de Cayenne, harle hupe male | de Cayenne, Le Père noire de la Martinique Inscribed, on cover, underneath, in blue: petite Peruche à | gorge jaune de | Cayenne, Le grandtraquer | des Philippines |
Provenance
until 1906, Chéreméteff family (St. Petersburg, Russia);
(Asher Wertheimer, London, England);
(Duveen Brothers, New York, New York, USA;
1939-1971, purchased by Anna Thomson Dodge (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA);
1971-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
(Asher Wertheimer, London, England);
(Duveen Brothers, New York, New York, USA;
1939-1971, purchased by Anna Thomson Dodge (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA);
1971-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Notes of the Historic Chéreméteff Sèvres Porcelain on View at the Galleries of Mr. Asher Wertheimer. Exh. cat., Wertheimer Galleries. London, no. 413.
Winokur, Ronald L. "The Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Dodge Memorial Collection," Bulletin of the DIA 50, no. 3 (1971): pp. 43-51.
Dell, T., et al. The Dodge Collection of Eighteenth-Century French and English Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York and Detroit, 1996, no. 63, pp. 199-200, (ill.) p. 199.
Winokur, Ronald L. "The Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Dodge Memorial Collection," Bulletin of the DIA 50, no. 3 (1971): pp. 43-51.
Dell, T., et al. The Dodge Collection of Eighteenth-Century French and English Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York and Detroit, 1996, no. 63, pp. 199-200, (ill.) p. 199.
