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Sundial

Sèvres Manufactory (France)

Gilbert Drouet (active 1785–1825)

Francois-Antoine Pfeiffer (French, active 1771–1800)

1794–95

Object PlaceFrance

Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration

DimensionsHeight: 3.8cm (1 1/2in.)
Diameter: 28.6cm (11 1/4in.)

Credit LineGift of Julia Bird, Madeleine Kidder, and Sybil Wolcott

Accession number1980.467

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ClassificationsCeramics

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Europe

Provenance1793, created for Jean-César Battelier (b. 1752 - d. 1808), Vitry-sur-Marne, France. By 1922, Helen Kortright (Mrs. Randolph Morgan) Appleton (b. 1864), Boston; by descent to her daughters, Madeleine Appleton (Mrs. Alfred Vincent) Kidder (b. 1891), Cambridge, Julia Appleton (Mrs. Charles Sumner) Bird (b. 1894), East Walpole, MA, and Sybil Appleton (Mrs. Oliver) Wolcott (b. 1899); 1980, gift of Julia Bird, Madeleine Kidder, and Sybil Wolcott to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 10, 1980)