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Source Description
This small sugar bowl, which would have originally had a matching lid, would have been used to hold refined, white sugar intended to be mixed with coffee or tea. It was likely part of a matching tea or coffee service that has since been lost. Picturesque landscapes rendered in blue camaieu with young, flesh-colored children ornament both sides of the bowl. François Boucher’s popular paintings of peasant children certainly inspired the bowl’s decoration. The top edge and foot are gilded in a scalloped pattern.
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Document identity
localId
10280
label
Sugar Bowl (pot à sucre)
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
10280
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Sugar Bowl (pot à sucre)
description
This small sugar bowl, which would have originally had a matching lid, would have been used to hold refined, white sugar intended to be mixed with coffee or tea. It was likely part of a matching tea or coffee service that has since been lost. Picturesque landscapes rendered in blue camaieu with young, flesh-colored children ornament both sides of the bowl. François Boucher’s popular paintings of peasant children certainly inspired the bowl’s decoration. The top edge and foot are gilded in a scalloped pattern.
date
1758
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
bowls (vessels)
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.2
height
7.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 7/16 × Diam.: 3 in. (6.2 × 7.6 cm).
Source extras
inscriptions
[Factory Mark] painted in blue: intertwined Lls; [Date Letter] painted in blue: E [1758]; [Artist Mark] painted in blue: line with three dots [for André-Vincent Vielliard]; [Paper Label] torn
red borders
inscribed in pencil: 173
med
hard paste porcelain
creator_ids
6229
1916
4476
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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7a6bcf01a9fba5b0
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no
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2
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photo
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9c3af29cb8b0b0c9
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no
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no