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Source Description
This unusual red vase is part of a suite of three that Louis XVI purchased in the Porcelain Dining Room at Versailles in December 1782 for 6,000 livres. The ormolu mounts are attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis, fils (1730-1783).
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Document identity
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19891
label
Two-Handled Vase
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19891
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title
Two-Handled Vase
description
This unusual red vase is part of a suite of three that Louis XVI purchased in the Porcelain Dining Room at Versailles in December 1782 for 6,000 livres. The ormolu mounts are attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis, fils (1730-1783).
provenance
Collection of Louis XVI, King of France, Chateau de Versailles, King's Apartment, December 1782, by purchase [from the maker at the annual Sèvres Manufactory exhibition]; Philippe Sichel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, November 25, 1891, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1782
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
vases
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5
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 21 9/16 in. (54.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Factory Mark] painted in gold: Crown and intertwined LLs; [Date] Letter painted in gold: EE [1782]; [Gilder's Mark] painted in gold: [a flower] [for Nicolas Schradre]
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hard paste porcelain, enamels, gilding, gilt-bronze mounts
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1916
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33013
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EAN
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415
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