Flower pot

Sèvres Manufactory (France)

probably 1756

Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain decorate in polychrome enamels and gold; gilt-bronze finials

DimensionsOverall (without finials): 8.2 x 7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

Accession number65.1790

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ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsInterlaced Ls with letter G in script to left, both in blue enamel; incised 8.ProvenanceJ.P. Morgan, New York [see note 1]; March 22-25, 1944, sold by J.P. Morgan at Parke-Bernet, New York, lot 629, and bought by 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] Inventory numbers P.M.1702.A and P.M.1792.B. in red enamel paint on base, cited by Jeffrey H. Munger, in "The Forsyth Wickes Collection" (1992, P. 168).