Two-Handled Vase

Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Exhibitions

Splendors of Versailles. Mississippi Arts Pavilion, Jackson. 1998.

Provenance Collection of Louis XVI, King of France, Chateau de Versailles, King's Apartment, December 1782, by purchase [from the maker at the annual Sèvres Manufactory exhibition]; Philippe Sichel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, November 25, 1891, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Factory Mark] Intertwined Lls; In gold: crown; [Date] Letter in gold: EE (1782); [Gilder's Mark] In gold: flower (attributed to Nicolas Schradre)

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, 1891

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Creators

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, active 1756 - present) (Manufacturer)
Charles de Wailly (French, 1729-1798) (?) (Designer)
Nicolas Schradre (Gilder)
Jean-Claude Duplessis le Père (French and Italian, ca. 1695-1774) (Gilder)

Period

1782

Medium

soft paste porcelain with gilt-bronze mounts
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

48.756

Measurements

H: 18 1/4 in. (46.36 cm)

Geographies

France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Two-Handled Vase	Title
1782	Period
48.755	Accession
sevres, versailles	Tags