Plate
Sèvres Manufactory
(France)
dated 1833
Medium/TechniquePorcelain, enamel colors, gilding
Dimensionsinches: 1 1/4 x 9 1/2 diam.
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George Washington Wales
Accession number95.343
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
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The Sèvres factory produced a large and varied range of services decorated with neoclassical gilded borders, including a number called Iconographic. Simulating carved cameos, these depicted famous men from ancient and modern history. This plate is painted with a portrait of Jean de La Quintinie, Director of Gardens at the court of Louis XIV and renowned for his studies on pruning fruit trees.
InscriptionsWales collection MFA loan label
Wales collection label "No. 120 / Old Sevres"ProvenanceBy 1858, Augustus Thorndike (1797-1858), Boston; probably October 30 1860, posthumous Thorndike sale, Leonard and Co., Boston; purchased by George Washington Wales; 1895, gift of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Wales. (Accession date: March 28, 1895)
