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Manufacturer Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres (French, founded 1740)

Datec. 1805

Mediumporcelain with metal

Dimensions8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (21.6 x 28.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1980

Object number41.24.4.B

ClassificationsHousehold Accessories

DescriptionSquare base; circular spreading foot; wide flaring rim; handle on either side; dark blue ground; raised gold scrolling and foliage designs; portrait of Josephine Bonaparte with raised gold harp with sphinx on either side below portrait; gold colored rim and handles.

ProvenanceW.H. Stark [1851-1936] and Miriam Lutcher Stark [Mrs. W.H. Stark, 1859-1936][1][2]; by inheritance to their son H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted December 11, 1980 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House | 1. Featured in photograph accompanying March 1926 University of Texas alumni journal article. See attached media "Details of the Stark Gift," Alcalde XIV (March, 1926): 340-45. | 2. See 1921 American Appraisal Company Appraisal of Furnishings of the Residence of W.H. Stark Orange, Texas. Page 153 entry 1.

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