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Source Description
This square plant pot takes it shape from the terracotta tubs used to hold orange trees at Versailles and other French royal palaces but the form has been shrunk down to a much smaller scale. The pot’s pink ground color frames shaped reserve panels on each of the four sides, which have been finely painted with children playing in landscapes. The borders of the panels are adorned with elaborate scroll- and trellis-work gilding.In the past this pink ground color has often been called "rose Pompadour" or "rose Dubarry," after the famous mistresses of King Louis XV. However, there is no evidence that either mistress was associated with its invention.
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Document identity
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3643
label
Plant Pot (Caisse à fleurs carrée)
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obj
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2
Source metadata
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3643
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Plant Pot (Caisse à fleurs carrée)
description
This square plant pot takes it shape from the terracotta tubs used to hold orange trees at Versailles and other French royal palaces but the form has been shrunk down to a much smaller scale. The pot’s pink ground color frames shaped reserve panels on each of the four sides, which have been finely painted with children playing in landscapes. The borders of the panels are adorned with elaborate scroll- and trellis-work gilding.In the past this pink ground color has often been called "rose Pompadour" or "rose Dubarry," after the famous mistresses of King Louis XV. However, there is no evidence that either mistress was associated with its invention.
provenance
E. M. Hodgkins Collection, Paris, No. 10 [date and mode of acquisition unknow]; A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1758
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
tubs
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.2
height
10.8
depth
10.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 9/16 x W: 4 1/4 D: 4 1/4 in. (14.2 x 10.8 x 10.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Factory Mark] painted in blue: intertwined LLs; [Date Letter] painted in blue: E [for 1758]; [Inscribed Mark]: B [or 8?]
med
soft paste porcelain, enamels, gilding
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6229
1916
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none
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none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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2
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photo
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