Flower vase (cuvette à fleurs Courteille) (one of a pair)
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
with flowers: 15 in. (38.1 cm); vase: 6 × 10 in. (15.2 × 25.4 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
French, Sèvres
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession Number
1974.356.591a, b
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About the Artist
Sèvres Manufactory|Charles Nicolas Dodin · 1740–present
The Sèvres Manufactory, one of Europe's premier porcelain producers, was established in 1740 as the Manufacture de Vincennes under the patronage of Queen Marie Leszczyńska, who sought to rival Meissen and Chantilly porcelains with French soft-paste innovations. Initially a private venture, it relocated to Sèvres in 1756 in a purpose-built facility designed by architect Laurent Lindet near Madame d...