Marroniere (Chestnut bowl) with cover and stand

Sèvres Manufactory (France)

1766

Object PlaceFrance

Medium/TechniqueSoft-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding

DimensionsOverall: 14cm (5 1/2in.)
Other (Part B): 25.4cm (10in.)

Credit LineGift of Michele Beiny in memory of her grandfather HannsWeinberg

Accession number1981.740a-b

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ClassificationsCeramics

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Provenance1766, probably ordered from the Sèvres Manufactory by Louis XV for Versailles and the Petit Trianon. By 1953, Hanns Weinberg, Antique Porcelain Company, London [see note]; 1981, his granddaughter, Michele Beiny, Antique Porcelain Company, New York; 1981, gift of Michele Beiny to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 13, 1982)

NOTE: Included in the "Coronation Exhibition" (exh. cat., Antique Porcelain Company, London, 1953), pp. 58-59, ill.