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Hidden Doors and Secret Drawers: Furniture by the Roentgens

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Art Object

Vase with cover (Vase à gland) (one of a pair)

Sèvres Manufactory  (French, 1740–present)

Decorator:
Decoration of quayside scenes attributed to Jean-Louis Morin (active 1754–87)
Decorator:
Decoration of trophy medallions attributed to Charles Buteux (active 1756–82)
Date:
ca. 1775
Culture:
French (Sèvres)
Medium:
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions:
H. 13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.)
Classification:
Ceramics
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Accession Number:
58.75.76a, b
120017525

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