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Source Description
As European porcelain production advanced, factories borrowed designs and techniques from one another in order to remain competitive in the porcelain market. Paintings of one to two figures perched on a rock or small hill overlooking a pastoral landscape were regularly reproduced on tea services fabricated at the Mennecy porcelain factory. These compositions were likely inspired by similar landscapes painted on porcelain at the Vincennes factory.
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Document identity
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131926
label
Plate (Assiette)
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object
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131926
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object
title
Plate (Assiette)
description
As European porcelain production advanced, factories borrowed designs and techniques from one another in order to remain competitive in the porcelain market. Paintings of one to two figures perched on a rock or small hill overlooking a pastoral landscape were regularly reproduced on tea services fabricated at the Mennecy porcelain factory. These compositions were likely inspired by similar landscapes painted on porcelain at the Vincennes factory.
date
c. 1760–65
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80023502
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 24.3 cm (9 9/16 in.)
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France, Mennecy, 18th century
accession
1954.5
Source extras
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soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
tombstone
Plate (Assiette), c. 1760–65. Mennecy Factory (French). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration; diameter: 24.3 cm (9 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1954.5
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
[Incised]: "DV J"
didYouKnow
The hatched border of this plate was likely produced by engine-turning, a process by which clay is turned on a rotating tool to produce fluted, geometric, and diced patterns.
citations
citation
Darblay, Ayme. <em>Villeroy: son passé, sa fabrique de porcelaine, son état actuel</em>. Paris: Picard, 1901.
page_number
p. 89; pl. 43, 44
citation
Freǵnac, Claude. <em>Les Porcelainiers du XVIIIe siècle franca̧is</em>. Paris: Hachette, 1964.
page_number
p. 133
citation
Dupont, Patrick. <em>Porcelaines franc̦aises aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles</em>. Paris: Les Éditions de l'Illustration, 1987.
page_number
p. 62
citation
Duchon, Nicole.<em> La Manufacture de porcelaine de Mennecy Villeroy</em>. Le Mée-sur-Seine: Editions Amatteis, 1988.
page_number
p. 23, 75, 138
citation
Peyre, Jean-Gabriel. "Porcellane in 'gloria': La manifattura di Villeroy-Mennecy (1735-1777)." <em>CeramicAntica </em>(October 2000).
page_number
p. 29-32
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 06:47:47.002000
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131926
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
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gender unknown
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