Ice pail
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (established 1756)
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1797
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
21.0 cm (H)19.0 cm (W)
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Hinton Ampner, Hampshire
NT 1529519.2
Summary
A Sevres 23-piece dessert service with roses on a pale blue green ground with gold, circa 1797.
Full description
An icepail with cover (seau à glace à trépied couvert), on four tapering legs with gilt lions' masks suspending rings on lions paw feet, from a 23-piece Sèvres partial dessert service, hard paste porcelain, comprising: an oval sauce tureen stand, (plateau losange), two oval dishes (compotiers ovales), and seventeen plates, the centres painted with a bouquet of ribbon-tied roses within a pale blue-green ground and/or bands of roses with an undulating berried foliate trail in gold on the rim, described in the factory records as 'fond vert céladon, groupes de roses, frises d’or', marked in blue enamel with ‘Sevres’ and ‘RF’ République Français, and the marks of the following flowers painters: Pierre Massy (act 1779-1802), Jean-Baptiste Tandart l’aîné (1754-1800), Jacques-François-Louis de Laroche (act. 1758-1802), Jacques-François Micaud père (worked 1757-1810); Jean-Jacques Pierre le jeune ( 1763-1800), circa 1797. The model for the ice cream cooler was introduced as part of the Arabesque service in the goût arabesque in 1784 after an antique tripod, with the handle in the form of a fountain spray, designed by the architect and civil engineer Louis Le Masson (1743-1829). (John Whitehead FPS 2007. fig.4.1)
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (established 1756), manufacturer