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1926

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2015

2024

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Preserve Stand (Plateau à Deux Pots de Confitures) Preserve Stand

This is a preserve stand. It was manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1770 and we acquired it in 1926. Its medium is soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane. It is credited Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (a): 6.6 × 25 × 17.8 cm (2 5/8 in. × 9 13/16 in. × 7 in.) H x diam. (b): 2.2 × 7.6 cm (7/8 in. × 3 in.) H x diam. (c): 2.2 × 7.6 cm (7/8 in. × 3 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] very faded mark, painted in blue overglaze [2] "x.", painted in blue overglaze (inside edge of rim) [3] "W" or "M" (?), incised

It is signed

Not signed

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Preserve Stand (Plateau à Deux Pots de Confitures) Preserve Stand; Manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France); soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D (a): 6.6 × 25 × 17.8 cm (2 5/8 in. × 9 13/16 in. × 7 in.) H x diam. (b): 2.2 × 7.6 cm (7/8 in. × 3 in.) H x diam. (c): 2.2 × 7.6 cm (7/8 in. × 3 in.); Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1926-22-165-a/c

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