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Plates, Soup Dishes, and Covered Dishes Decorated after the “Service ordinaire de Louis-Phillipe à Fontainebleau”
The twelve plates, twelve soup dishes, and two covered dishes that make up this set were made at Sèvres, the French national porcelain factory, but were likely sold as undecorated second quality stock. The decoration replicates that found on a service commissioned in 1836 by the French king Louis-Philippe (1773–1850) for use at the palace of Fontainebleau, which was much copied in the 19th century. Unlike the Louis-Philippe Fontainebleau service, which featured hand-painted decoration, the motifs on these examples were produced by transfer-printing by an unknown outside decorator.
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Provenance
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Collection of Mrs. Philip L. Poe, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; given to Walters Art Museum, 1976.
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam plates: 9 in.; Diam soup: 9 5/16 in.; Diam dishes: 10 in. (22.86 × 23.65 × 25.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Phillip L. Poe, 1976
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.
48.2408