The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Ewer and basin (Pot à la Romaine uni et jatte ovale)

David Roentgen: Long-Case Clock

Abraham and David Roentgen were renowned German cabinetmakers whose workshop was famed throughout Europe for its exquisite marquetry work and complex mechanical devices. Exquisitely constructed, the case of this clock boasts finely detailed marquetry designs and a multitude of functions, including dials that indicate the time in ten of the most important cities in the world.

This clock is featured in the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens (on view October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013). See Collections to learn more about this clock.

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Ewer and basin (Pot à la Romaine uni et jatte ovale)

Vincennes Manufactory (French, ca. 1740–1756)

Date:: 1754–55
Culture:: French, Vincennes
Medium:: Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions:: Ewer (.177): H. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) Basin (.178): L. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm.); W. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1950
Accession Number:: 50.211.177, .178

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: [1] Crossed Ls enclosing B (factory mark and year letter; in blue enamel on underside of ewer) [2] Crossed Ls enclosing trace of illegible letter (on underside of basin)
Provenance

Olivier Lévy ; Private Collection, Belgium ; [ Stiebel Ltd. , New York, before 1950; sold to Mr. Wilson ]
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