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Vase (Vase Boizot)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
A major innovation at the Sèvres manufactory during the Second Empire (1852-70) was the introduction a technique of relief decoration known as "pâte-sur-pâte." The figure of the nymph has been created by successively applying several layers of a white clay slip over the pink ground.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H overall: 15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.757