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Porcelain flower (one of a set of nine)

mid-18th century
Not on view
When the Vincennes manufactory opened around 1740, it specialized in making soft-paste porcelain flowers, many of which would have been combined with Meissen porcelain and pieces exported from China to make unique ornamental wares for the mantel. The luxury sellers known as marchand-merciers helped to market this combinatory aesthetic to elite consumers in eighteenth-century Paris.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Porcelain flower (one of a set of nine)
  • Date: mid-18th century
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
  • Object Number: 2019.283.64
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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