Artist:
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François-Joseph Aloncle Sèvres Porcelain Factory
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Title:
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Dessert dish from the Rohan service
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Date:
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1771
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Medium:
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Porcelain with enamel and gilded decoration
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Dimensions:
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1 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (4.45 x 21.27 cm)
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Credit Line:
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The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
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Location:
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Gallery 317
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This dessert dish from the Rohan service was decorated by François-Joseph Aloncle, who was one of the Sèvres factory's principal painters of birds, flowers and animals between 1758 and 1781.
Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Aloncle, François-Joseph
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Role:
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Decorator
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Nationality:
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French
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Life Dates:
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French, 1734 - 1781
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Name:
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Sèvres Porcelain Factory
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Role:
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Manufacturer
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Life Dates:
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Paris, est. 1756
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Marks 'LSL', in script; 'N', in script, to right
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Classification:
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Ceramics
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Physical Description:
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deep; eight foil; of turquoise blue with a large central medallion reserved in white, wreathed with gold leaves and painted with two birds in a landscape differing from scene on dish 44.42.4; underglaze blue
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , , Sèvres
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Accession #:
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44.42.3
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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