Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
French, Sèvres
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gift in Memory of Frederick P. Victoria, 1993
Accession Number
1993.276.2
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About this artwork
This exquisite saucer exemplifies the Sèvres Manufactory's production during the Restauration period (1814-1830), when French porcelain regained its preeminence after the tumultuous Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. Created in 1822-23 under the directorship of Alexandre Brongniart (1770-1847), a mineralogist appointed Director in 1800 who revolutionized Sèvres by making the significant decision to abandon soft-paste production in favor of a new type of hard-paste porcelain. He introduced a new ...
About the Artist
Sèvres Manufactory|Célestin-Stanislas Lamarre|Jean-François Robert · 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...