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Bottle Cooler (seau a bouteille)

c. 1755

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manufacturer

Mennecy- Villeroy Factory

(French)

France, Mennecy, 18th century

Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration

Overall: 15.7 x 21.6 x 19.1 cm (6 3/16 x 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1947.60.2

Location

216A French and German

Mennecy- Villeroy Factory

Duc de Villeroy was the sponsor of this factory. Established c. 1749

Provenance

(R. Stora, New York).

Exhibition history

Cathay Invoked: Chinoiserie, A Celestial Empire in the West. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (June 10-July 31, 1966).

Chinoiserie: The Chinese Influence. Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH (organizer) (October 5-December 2, 1979).

The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).