Vase
Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1752 - 1756
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Measurements
291 mm (Height); 140 mm (Dia of base); 250 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Vincennes
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446316
Summary
Vincennes vase (vase le Boiteux) painted with two coast scenes within gilt borders on a bleu lapis ground marbled in gold, the lower section with alternating white and blue panels, on circular base. The shape after the vase Medicis - possibly one of the vases Le Boiteux designed by the goldsmith between 1752 and 1756. Other known examples of this model are in the Royal Collection; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and two in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. All five of these vases are decorated differently and therefore did not form pairs. Maker's mark - interlaced L's, royal fleur-de-lys, mark of Taillandier.
Marks and inscriptions
Makers mark - interlaced L's, royal fleur-de-lys, mark of Taillandier.
Makers and roles
Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, manufacturer Vincent Taillandier (Sceaux 1736 - Sèvres 1790), artist