Sèvres
(France 1756– )
- Title
- Monteith (Seau crennele)
- Year
- 1770
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
-
13 x 29.7 x 21.4 cm
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.183
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
The undulating rim is designed to keep the stems of wine glasses steady as they sit in water to cool. The form can also be described as a monteith.
- Bibliography (1)
-
Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 104 (colour illus.). cat.no. 137
