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Cup (gobelet litron)

Factory:
Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
Decorator:
Gilded by Jean Chauvaux (active 1764–1800)
Date:
18th–19th century
Culture:
French, Sèvres
Medium:
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions:
Height: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Classification:
Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. George Clinton Gênet, in memory of "Citizen" Edmond Charles Gênet, 1909
Accession Number:
09.129.12a
Not on view
Marking: [1] Crowned crossed Ls flanked by ee and IN in blue enamel (Sèvres factory mark, year letter for 1782, and decorator's mark for Jean Chauvaux)
[2] Script
Mrs. George Clinton Gênet (until 1909; to MMA)

Essays
Art Nouveau
Empire Style, 1800-1815
Exoticism in the Decorative Arts
French Furniture in the Eighteenth Century: Case Furniture
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875)
Louis-Rémy Robert (1810-1882)
Saint Petersburg
Sèvres Porcelain in the Nineteenth Century

Timelines
France, 1600-1800 A.D.
France, 1800-1900 A.D.

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