Tea Service of Famous Women (cabaret des femmes célèbres)

1811-1812

Medium	Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions	Various dimensions (20 pieces). See records for each piece.
Object Number	2021.3.1-20
Acquisition	Acquired by the Clark, 2021
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Tea Service of Famous Women (cabaret des femmes célèbres), 1811-1812, Hard-paste porcelain. Clark Art Institute, Acquired by the Clark, 2021.3.1-20

Select Bibliography

Anne Lajoix, Marie-Victoire Jaquotot, 1722-1855, peintre sure porcelain, Troyes, France, 2006.

Provenance

Empress Joséphine (1763-1814, rejected gift of Napoleon, 1812); Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory; Antoinette Élisabeth Marie d’Aguesseau, la Comtesse de Ségur (1756-1828, gift from Empress Marie Louise, 1813); Sale, Osenat, Fontainebleau, France, 19 March 2021, lot 145, sold to the Clark; Clark Art Institute, 2021