Wash basin
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1767
Materials
Soft-paste porcelain
Measurements
90 x 315 x 245 mm
Place of origin
Sèvres
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Croome Park, Worcestershire
NT 170991.3
Summary
A Sèvres basin (,jatte 'ovale') of soft-paste porcelain, 1767, painted with harebell borders and sprays of flowers by Charles-Louis Méraud jeune, and gilded. See also National Trust Inventory Numbers 170991.2 and 170991.3.
Provenance
Made by the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (est. 1756) in 1767. Loaned to The National Trust by The Croome Heritage Trust in December 2007
Marks and inscriptions
Ls enclosing O the date letter for 1767, and a comma for the painter Charles-Louis Méraud jeune
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , porcelain manufacturer
References
Coleridge, 2000: A.Coleridge. “English furniture supplied for Croome Court: Robert Adam and the 6th Earl of Coventry.” Apollo February (2000): pp.8-19., p.10, plates 3-5