Flower vase (cuvette Mahon)

Sèvres, c. 1761-1763, designed by Jean Claude Duplessis (c. 1695-1774), painted and gilded soft-paste porcelain

The form of this vase, with its boat shape, was designed to commemorate the French capture of the British-occupied Port Mahon on the island of Minorca in 1756.

Artwork typejardinière
Object numberBK-17512
Dimensionsheight 18.0 cm x width 27.0 cm x length 16.0 cm, width 20.0 cm x depth 10.3 cm
Physical characteristicsbeschilderd en verguld porselein (pâte tendre)

Identification

Title(s)
Bloemenvaas (cuvette à la Mahon of cuvette Mahon)
Object type
Object number
BK-17512
Description
Ovale jardiniere van veelkleurig beschilderd porselein, met een blauwgroene fond. De jardiniere heeft een geschulpte rand en naar binnen gebogen korte zijden. De vier poten hebben de vorm van bladeren in rocaille-vorm en zijn deels verguld. Op beide lange zijden is een medaillon geschilderd een met een Teniers-scene: vier mannen en een vrouw rond een tafel voor een huis en in de ander bloemen en vruchten.
Catalogue reference
Barry Shifman, 'Eighteenth-century Sèvres porcelain : two rare cuvettes Mahon', Apollo 121 (1985), p. 28.

Creation

Creation
- porcelain company , Sèvres
- designer: Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis, Sèvres
- after print by Jacques-Philippe Le Bas
- after painting by David Teniers (II)
Dating
c. 1761
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Material and technique

Physical description
beschilderd en verguld porselein (pâte tendre)
Material
Dimensions
- height 18.0 cm x width 27.0 cm x length 16.0 cm
- width 20.0 cm x depth 10.3 cm

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Subject

Acquisition and rights

Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; sale, the Rt. Hon. Lord Brownlow (Belton House, Grantham), London (Christie´s), 14 March 1929, no. 58, £220 10 s, to the dealer Duveen;{Copy RMA.} from whom, $12,500, to Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1929;{GRI, Digital Collections, Duveen Brothers records, Series II.I, Collectors´ files: Mannheimer, F., ca. 1924-1948, image 180, probably an invoice to Dr Fritz Mannheimer, d.d. 9 November 1929, no. 29487 and image 171, a Memorandum of Shipment to Dr Fritz Mannheimer, d.d. 12 December 1929.} purchased from his estate, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960
Remarks
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

Barry Shifman, 'Eighteenth-century Sèvres porcelain : two rare cuvettes Mahon', Apollo 121 (1985), p. 28.

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