Vase with cover (Vase Paris enfants)
Sèvres Manufactory|Jean-Louis Morin|Etienne-Henry Le Guay|Jacques-François Paris
ca. 1778 · Soft-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
While the Sèvres factory produced a variety of vases for the display and growing of flowers, a large percentage of its vases were intended for ornamental purposes only. This model, with its cover and decorative handles in the form of cherubs clearly belongs to this latter category. The Museum's vase is decorated with biscuit (unglazed) porcelain medallions depicting Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.
- Artist
- Sèvres Manufactory|Jean-Louis Morin|Etienne-Henry Le Guay|Jacques-François Paris
- Date
- ca. 1778
- Medium
- Soft-paste porcelain
- Culture
- French, Sèvres
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
