Porcelain flower (one of a set of nine)

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mid-18th century · Soft-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

When the Vincennes manufactory opened around 1740, it specialized in making soft-paste porcelain flowers, many of which would have been combined with Meissen porcelain and pieces exported from China to make unique ornamental wares for the mantel. The luxury sellers known as marchand-merciers helped to market this combinatory aesthetic to elite consumers in eighteenth-century Paris.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-18th century

Medium

Soft-paste porcelain

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019