Bucket
Jean Ghislain Joseph Mayer
Category
Ceramics
Date
1787
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
190 mm (height)
Place of origin
Tournai
Order this imageCollection
Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1440232.1
Summary
[Saved] One of a pair of Tournai Pails with banded flared sides and scroll handles, decorated with small panels of birds after Buffon (from Buffon's Natural History 1749), the birds named on the base, above centurion heads en grisaille and butterflies, the panels placed vertically between brilliant blue bands gilt with foliage and other motifs.
Full description
Probably from a service made for Philippe, duke of Orleans (the future Philippe Egalite) in 1787 Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1968 by Mrs Hannah Gubbay
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1968 by Mrs Hannah Gubbay Probably from a service made for Philippe, duke of Orleans (the future Philippe Egalite) in 1787
Marks and inscriptions
B.O. Le cabaret/pie-grieche du Senegal/ le friquet/ le garrot
Makers and roles
Jean Ghislain Joseph Mayer, artist
Exhibition history
The Sassoons, The Jewish Museum, New York, 2023