Maker
Niderviller Porcelain Factory(French, active from 1754)French, active from 1754
Modeler
Charles-Gabriel Lemire(French, 1741–1827)French, 1741–1827
CultureFrench
Titles
- Figural Group of Louis XVI and Benjamin Franklin
Datec. 1781–1785
Made inNiderviller, France, Grand Est
MediumHard-paste porcelain (biscuit)
Dimensions12 3/8 × 9 5/8 × 6 in. (31.5 × 24.5 × 15.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Estate of Elizabeth Dabney Charles, the Carol Jean and Michael Moehlman Endowment, and Catherine Gassman
Object numberB.2024.3
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Federal Parlor
On view
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Department
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ProvenanceSociété industrielle de Mulhouse, France; [Articurial, Paris, December 14, 2023, lot 156]; […]; consigned to [Freeman’s | Hindman, Philadelphia, April 30, 2024, lot 31]; purchased by MFAH, 2024.
Exhibition History“La Revólution Française et L’europe 1789–1799,” Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, March 16–June 26, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on scroll: Liberté Des / Mers [Freedom of the Seas] [cusive]
Numbered on proper left bottom edge of base: No. 70
Inscribed on interior, proper back edge of base: MISE / 976.129.1.AD [graphite]; 976.129.1.AD [black ink]; SIM 2008.0.0796 [black ink]
Numbered on proper left bottom edge of base: No. 70
Inscribed on interior, proper back edge of base: MISE / 976.129.1.AD [graphite]; 976.129.1.AD [black ink]; SIM 2008.0.0796 [black ink]
Maker's Mark on proper left bottom edge of base: NIDERVILLER
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