Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
French, 1756–present
Michel-Gabriel Commelin, (French, active 1768–1802) Étienne-Gabriel Girard, (French, active 1762–1800)
Covered Cup and Socketed Saucer
1787
| Medium | soft-paste porcelain |
| Dimensions | Cup height: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm); diameter: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm) Saucer: 1 7/16 x 5 15/16 x 5 15/16 in. (3.7 x 15.1 x 15.1 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.1255a-c |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Covered Cup and Socketed Saucer, 1787, soft-paste porcelain. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1255a-c
Select Bibliography
Dauterman, Carl Christian. Sèvres Porcelain: Makers and Marks of the Eighteenth Century. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs Charles E.F. McCann (4 East 80th St, New York, and “Sunken Orchard,” Oyster Bay L.I.); [Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, "The Art Collection of the Late Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. F. McCann," 17–21 November 1942, lot 832, sold to Clark]; Sterling Clark (as recorded in his diary entry of 20 November 1942, for a purchase price of $210).
