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Title

Tea canister and cover

1776

Artist

Sèvres

France

1756 -

An image of Tea canister and cover by Sèvres
Alternate image of Tea canister and cover by Sèvres Alternate image of Tea canister and cover by Sèvres

About

The pale blue ground is a later variant of the turquoise blue ground colour (normally described in factory documents as ‘bleu céleste’) introduced in 1753. The piece bears on the base the red inventory number of the J Pierpont Morgan collection.

Details

Date

1776

Media category

Ceramic

Materials used

soft-paste porcelain

Dimensions

canister 6.7 x 7.3 x 5.1 cm; cover 1.4 x 3.0 cm diam; combined height 7.9 cm

Credit

On loan from Kenneth Reed

Accession number

L2012.188.a-b

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Artist information

Sèvres

Works in the collection

37

Referenced in 1 publication

Bibliography

Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 105 (colour illus.). cat.no. 142