Vase (one of a pair)
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 23 1/2 × 12 5/8 × 9 in., 15.8 lb. (59.7 × 32.1 × 22.9 cm, 7.1 kg)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
British, Chelsea
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1970
Accession Number
1970.313.2a, b
Tags
About the Artist
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory|René Gaillard|François Boucher · 1744–1784
**Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory** The Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, Britain's pioneering porcelain enterprise, was founded around 1743 in Chelsea, London, by two Huguenot silversmiths: Nicholas Sprimont from Liège and Charles Gouyn. Sprimont, trained in Paris as a goldsmith before immigrating to England, brought his expertise in luxury metalwork to the venture, while Gouyn handled early sales th...