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1953

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2015

2025

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Pair of Wine Bottle Coolers (Seaux à Demi-Bouteille) Wine Coolers

This is a wine coolers. It was manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory and painted by Jean-Baptiste Tandart (l'aîné). It is dated 1782 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan. It is credited Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 12.8 × 13 × 18.2 cm (5 1/16 × 5 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside of -a: [1] interlaced LLs enclosing "EE", painted in blue overglaze (manufactory and date mark) [2] three dots in horizonal line, painted in blue overglaze (painter's mark) Underside of -b: [1] interlaced LLs enclosing "EE", painted in blue overglaze (manufactory and date mark) [2] three dots in horizonal line, painted in blue overglaze (painter's mark) [3] "491", printed in black on rectangular paper label

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Pair of Wine Bottle Coolers (Seaux à Demi-Bouteille) Wine Coolers; Manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France); Painted by Jean-Baptiste Tandart (l'aîné) (French, active 1754 – 1803); soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D: 12.8 × 13 × 18.2 cm (5 1/16 × 5 1/8 × 7 3/16 in.); Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan; 1953-17-112-a,b

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