Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Mounted Potpourri Vase and Cover

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Mounted Potpourri Vase and Cover
  • Vase à anses à tire-bouchon
DatePorcelain, c.1763–70; Gilt-bronze, c. 1785
MediumSoft-paste porcelain, gilt-bronze and marble
Dimensions19 1/4 × 11 1/2 × 10 in. (48.9 × 29.2 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineHorace Wood Brock Collection, museum purchase funded by Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment
Object number2021.355.A-.C
Non exposé

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ProvenancePossibly purchased in Paris from Madame Craufurd, the widow of the Scottish expatriate Quintin Craufurd (d. 23 November 1819) in 1819;[Maurice Segoura, Paris, c.1988]; [Pascal Izarn, Paris]; Horace Wood Brock, c. 2012; MFAH, 2021.

Exhibition HistoryOn view in the Fragonard Room of the Frick Collection from 2013-2020.



Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Label on bottom of marble base: MAURICE SEGOURA / ANTIQUAIRE / EXPERT LA COUR D'APPEL DE PARIS / ET LES DOUANES FRANÇAISES / 20, RUE DU FRG. St. HONORÉ, 75008 PARIS / 42. 65. 11. 08 / INSEE 551 017 619 00018

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