Vase Floréal
Sèvres Manufactory
(France)
Pierre-Philippe Thomire
(French, 1751–1843)
Flowers painted by
Gilbert Drouet
, active 1785-1825 (active 1785–1825)
Birds painted by
Christophe-Ferdinand Caron
, active 1792-1815 (1792–1815)
Gilder
Charles-Marie-Pierre Boitel
, active 1797-1822 (active 1797–1822)
1812–13
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
DimensionsOverall: 69.9 x 35 x 29.2 cm (27 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Dimensions of base: 21 x 21 cm (8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Dimensions of base: 21 x 21 cm (8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Frederick T. Bradbury and Bequest of Susan Greene Dexter in memory of Charles and Martha Babcock Amory, by exchange
Accession number1991.439
On View
On viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
NOTES:
[1] Three vases of similar design, known as "vases floréals," entered the sales room of the Sèvres factory in 1813 and 1814. Two were delivered in December, 1814 on the order of Louis XVIII. The third vase remained in the warehouse until 1830, when it was presented to the viceroy of Egypt. It is not known which of these three is the MFA vase, today the only known example of its kind. See Tamara Préaud et al., The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory: Alexandre Brogniart and the Triumph of Art and Industry, 1800-1847 (New Haven and New York, 1997), cat. no. 29, fig. 10-2.
