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.)
Other (Part B): 25.4cm (10in.)
Credit LineGift of Michele Beiny in memory of her grandfather HannsWeinberg
Accession number1981.740a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
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.
NOTE: Included in the "Coronation Exhibition" (exh. cat., Antique Porcelain Company, London, 1953), pp. 58-59, ill.
