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Attributed to Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres (French, founded 1740)

Date1753

Mediumporcelain with bronze

Dimensions22 × 10 1/2 inches (55.9 × 26.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1981

Object number41.24.13.A

ClassificationsHousehold Accessories

DescriptionBronze square with clipped corners base; porcelain spreading foot base; elongated neck; bronze handle in shape of face on either side; bronze flaring rim with scrolling and foliage pattern; band of overlapping foliage on bronze base rim; bright blue ground; gold bands on spreading foot, body, and neck; gold band of foliage on spreading foot; gold band of foliage surrounding painted scenes of male and female figures in eighteenth century clothing on body and neck.

ProvenanceProbably W.H. Stark [1851-1936] and Miriam Lutcher Stark [Mrs. W.H. Stark, 1859-1936]; by inheritance to their son H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted March 5, 1981 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House

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