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Coffee and Chocolate Set
A service for one person, known as a "cabaret," made of fine faience in a rococco style, and decorated to imitate wood, to which have been tacked landscape prints in crimson monochrome. This peculiar trompe l'oeil pattern was a specialty of the Niderviller Factory near Strassburg, particularly during the regime of Baron Jean-Louis de Beyerle the founder.
The factory was renowned for the delicacy of its faience ware, which almost equalled the contemporary porcelain of Meissen in refinement of execution. Later Niderviller produced porcelains also, and especailly figure groups in biscuit (unglazed porcelain) that attained considerable renown.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Parke-Bernet Galleries. Walters Art Museum, by purchase, 1943.
Exhibitions
| 1985-1986 | More Than Meets the Eye: The Art of Trompe l'Oeil. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 9/30/1975 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Niderviller (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, 1943
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.
48.1897