Jardiniere
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1768
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Place of origin
Sèvres
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Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446305
Summary
Pair of square jardinieres (caisses a fleurs) in the form of orange tubs, each corner with a knob, the sides decorated with panels of children at play in puce monochrome on a white ground decorated with oeil-de-perdrix pattern. Maker's mark - interlaced L's, date letter for 1768, painter's mark for Jacques Fontaine.
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , manufacturer Jacques Fontaine (b.1735), artist