Teapot and cover (théière Asselin) with portraits of Anne of Austria (1601-1666) and Christina of Sweden (1626-1689)

1811-1812

Medium	Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions	Teapot: 8 1/16 × 8 1/4 × 4 7/8 in. (20.5 × 21 × 12.4 cm) Cover: Height: 1 1/2 × Diameter: 2 1/2 in. (3.8 × 6.4 cm)
Object Number	2021.3.1a-b
Acquisition	Acquired by the Clark, 2021
Status	On View

Image Caption

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Teapot and cover (théière Asselin) with portraits of Anne of Austria (1601-1666) and Christina of Sweden (1626-1689), 1811-1812, Hard-paste porcelain. Clark Art Institute, Acquired by the Clark, 2021.3.1a-b

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