Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Oranges (Oranges) from Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Jean Charles Develly and company: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated 1819–20 and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is graphite on cream laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.

Its dimensions are

10.8 x 15.4 cm (4 1/4 x 6 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left center: confiseur (confectioner); upper right: Les oranges; verso: in graphite and pen and brown ink, left of center: 1er cahier (portfolio) / 1. poires (pears) / 2. pommes (apples) / 3. raisins (grapes) /4. cerises (cherries) / 5. groseille (red currant) / 6. noix (walnuts) / 7. noisette (hazelnut) / 8. pèche abricot (peach apricot) / 9. sucre (sugar) / 10. vin du armagnac (armagnac); center: 1. fraises (stawberries) / 2. macarons (macaroons) / 3. [unreadable] / 4. les petits gateaux (little cakes) / 5. les flans poire (pear flans) / 6. les annans [sic] (pineapple); right of center: 1. [unreadable] / 2. annanas [sic] (pineapple) / 3. oranges / 4. marons [sic] (chestnuts) / 5. pruneaux (plums) / 6. compotes marmelades (jam compotes) / 7. crèmes (custards) / 8. fromages salés (salted cheeses) / 9. confiseur en pot [?] / 10. les flans (custards); lower right [paper turned vertically]: 1. les [unreadable] / 2. les macarons (macaroons) / 3. les biscuits (cookies) / 4. les petit gateaux (little cakes) / 5 / les drapée / 6. le punch (punch) / 7. les liquers vin (liquers) / 8. les [unreadable] / 9. le café (coffee) /10. les sorbets(sorbets)

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