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Pot de crème Set
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Monogrammed dining services were essential items in wealthy 19th-century households. The diaries of George A. Lucas, a Paris-based art agent, record that he and William were coordinating the ordering of a set of monogrammed Sèvres porcelain in late 1864. More items were ordered in the following years, from Sèvres or directly from Pillivuyt, often by the dozen. The same monogram (the intertwined initials "WTW") appears on the bindings of William's albums of drawings and his napkins, glassware, and stationery. It was also used in decorative elements in the family's townhouse on Mount Vernon Place.
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Provenance
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Commissioned by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1864. Acquired by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Credit Line
Lent by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
VO.133 (TL.1991.74.2.2, TL.1991.74.2.3A, TL.1991.74.2.3B, TL.1991.74.2.4A, TL.1991.74.2.4B, TL.1991.74.2.5A, TL.1991.74.2.5B, TL.1991.74.2.6A, TL.1991.74.2.6B, TL.1991.74.2.7A, TL.1991.74.2.7B, TL.1991.74.2.8A, TL.1991.74.2.8B)