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Artist:
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Sèvres Porcelain Factory
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Title:
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Jatte à glace (ice cream pail) 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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7 7/8 x 9 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (20 x 23.18 x 20 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 ice cream pail, or jatte à glace was used to keep ice cream chilled. Ice or ice water filled the space between the liner, which held the ice cream, and the main body of the pail.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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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; 'PLR', in gold, under handles
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Classification:
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Ceramic
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Physical Description:
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ice pail with removable bowl inside; on the blue ground of body and cover are medallions reserved in white and wreathed in gold, painted with birds in a landscape; the twisted handle of the lid is covered with gold lines and a row of gold leaves encircles the deep outer ridge of the cover; the body of the bowl rests on three, bun-shaped feet; ice was placed between the body and the liner and inside the lid to keep ice cream cold inside
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, Sèvres
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Accession #:
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44.42.8a-c
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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