Covered Soup Bowl and Stand (ecuelle)
Artist
Meurthe-et-Saint-Clement Manufactory
(French)
Dateca. 1780
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (faience)
DimensionsOverall: 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (11.75 × 19.05 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Enid Jackson Kemper Memorial Fund
Object numberF84-49 A-C
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DescriptionCircular shape, the tureen with gilt cherry stock handles, the cover with cherry knop also gilt, painted in puce mamaieu with neoclassical river scenes, within floral festoons hung from ribbons and a stick on which are perched birds, surrounded by further floral festoons alternating with insects.Exhibition HistoryLuxury and Passion: Inventing French Porcelain, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, August 13 2022–August 12 2024, no cat.
Although only Sèvres could use gilding on porcelain, the Saint-Clement manufactory got around that restriction on this soup bowl by making it with faience. Painted birds land on gilded branches in an illusionistic, lavish effect.
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