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Sèvres Bowl CDWA / Sevres Bowl

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: bowl
Components/Parts-Quantity: 1 Type: bowl
Components/Parts-Quantity: 1 Type: lid
Components/Parts-Quantity: 1 Type: dish
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Classification Terms:
             ceramics
             decorative arts
             European art
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Titles or Names Text: Lidded Bowl on Dish
    Preference: preferred
    Type: repository
Text: Lidded Bowl on Stand
    Preference: alternate
    Type: former
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Creation Creator Description: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, active from 1756 to the present); painted by Pierre-Antoine Méraud (French, ca. 1735-1791) Free text
  Identity: Méraud, Pierre-Antoine
Role: painter

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Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Role: factory
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  Creation Date: dated 1764
Earliest:
1764 Latest: 1764
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  Creation Place/Original Location: Versailles (Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France) Authority
Styles/Periods/ Groups/Movements Indexing Terms:
                        Rococo
                        Neoclassical
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Measurements Dimensions Description: bowl: 12.4 x 19.7 x 15.2 cm (4 7/8 x 7 3/4 x 6 inches); stand: 21.1 cm (diameter) (8 3/8 inches) Free text
  Extent: bowl
Value:
12.4 Unit: cm Type: height
Value: 19.7 Unit: cm Type: width
Value: 15.2 Unit: cm Type: diameter

Extent: stand
Value:
21.1 Unit: cm Type: diameter
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Materials and Techniques Description: : hard paste porcelain, enamel and gilding; silver mounts Free text
  Material Names:
             hard paste porcelain
            
enamel
             silver
             gold
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Inscriptions/Marks Transcription or Description: mark of Méraud père; date letter "I", for 1764 Free text
Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
          object (utilitarian)
          bowl
          Madame Louise
          coat-of-arms
          Louis XV of France
          monogram
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Descriptive Note Text: Madame Louise of France, the eighth daughter of the French King Louis XV, probably drank from this bowl. Known as an écuelle, it would have held bouillon, which is a light, nourishing broth taken as a snack between meals. Madame Louise's monogram ML and the coat of arms of an unmarried royal princess are painted on the lid and dish. This bowl is an example of the restrained transitional style characteristic of the 1760s, when the effusive Rococo style was being replaced by the tenets of the new Neoclassical style. Free text
  Citations: J. Paul Getty Museum online
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accessed 10 February 2005
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Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Repository Numbers: 78.DE.65
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Revised 25 February 2010