Work of Art Details
One of a Pair of Vases (Vase à jet d'eau) Description: This fountain-shaped vase and a similar pair in the Wallace Collection, London, have been related to a manufactory inventory entry of 1766 for a new model of "vases à jet d'eau" ordered by Louis XV. The ground color is "bleu nouveau." The dolphins may allude to the future Louis XVI becoming the Dauphin, the heir apparent, in 1765. Manufacturer: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (French, active 1756-present) Inscriptions & Markings: [Modeler's Mark] R (R may refer to Roger père, a répareur), ap (these incised letters are hard to decipher and were not originally recorded: possibly ap for Alexis Pépin, répareur) Country: France Provenance: Lord Willpughby d'Eresby [according to Hodgkins]; E. M. Hodgkins Collection, no. 55 [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest. Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1928 |
