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Plate from the "Productions of Nature" Service (Assiette du service “des Productions de la Nature")

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, active 1756 - present) (Manufacturer)

Jean-François-Henri Philippine (French, 1771 - 1840) (Painter)

1838

porcelain, blue ground, painted in enamels, platinum and gold decoration

Inscription

Painter’s Signature] painted in dark brown on the front center of the plate near the gilded border: Philippine
[Inscription] painted in black enamel on the underside: Porcelaine tigre. / Porcelaine fausse arlequine. / Porcelaine tête de serpent. / Cône peau de serpent.
[Manufacturer’s Mark] stamped in blue on underside: [within in a double circle, an LP monogram surmounted by a crown and surrounded by] SEVRES 1838
[Manufacturer’s Mark (?)] painted in black enamel on underside: D.19.Av.36.s
[Decorator's Mark] painted in gold on underside: [FB monogram for François-Hubert Barbin].
[Label] paper label with red border, inscribed in pencil: 187 78v

Provenance

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Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Sèvres, France; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1864 [1]; by bequest to Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to the Walters Art Museum, 1931.

[1]. Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, Archives, Vz 11: Registre des Ventes au Comptant de 1864 à 1867, folio 65, sale to “M. Walter”, 3 November 1864, of a “Assiette plate décor en or, coquillages [Flat plate with gold and seashell decoration]” for 160 francs.

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Geographies

France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Diam.: 9 5/8 in. (24.45 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. Walters, 1864

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.

48.746

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