Stand for Flower Vase 65.1799b
Sèvres Manufactory
(France)
1759
Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold
Dimensions22.6 x 17.5 x 14.3 cm (8 7/8 x 6 7/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.1799a
ClassificationsCeramics
ProvenanceUntil 1831, George William (b. 1758 - d. 1831), Seventh Earl of Coventry, Croome Court, Worcestershire, England; by descent within the family until 1874; June 12, 1874, Earl of Coventry sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 150 [see note 1], to Rutter [see note 2]. Until 1885, William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley (b. 1817 - d. 1885), Park Lane, London; about 1885/1886, sold privately [see note 3]. 1895, William J. Goode, London; July 17, 1895, Goode sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 147, unsold; May 20, 1898, Goode sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 94b, to Pilkington. 1898, Asher Wertheimer, London [see note 3]. Duveen Brothers, New York. Until 1913, J. Pierpont Morgan (b. 1837 - d. 1913), New York (his inventory numbers P.M. 1743.A - 1743.D); 1913, by descent to J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr.; January 8, 1944, Morgan sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, lot 487, to Jas. A. Lewis & Son, New York, for Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)
NOTES:
[1] In this and the following 19th century auctions, the pair were sold as part of a garniture, with a vase and cover formed as a "vaisseau à màt;" the painted decoration was attributed to Morin. [2] According to a handwritten annotation in the auction catalogue. [3] Jeffrey H. Munger, "The Forsyth Wickes Collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston" (Boston, 1992), p. 174. The vases were not included in the Earl of Dudley sale in 1886.
