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Manufacturer Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres (French, founded 1740)

Date1756

Mediumporcelain; bronze

Dimensions19 x 8 1/2 inches (48.3 x 21.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1980

Object number41.24.12.A

ClassificationsHousehold Accessories

DescriptionBronze square with clipped corners base; porcelain spreading foot base; bronze bolt with leaves extending up porcelain body; porcelain body tapers toward base; waisted neck; bronze rim; bronze handle on either side in shape of ribbon and bow; bronze beaded band on base rim; dark blue ground and gold panels with leaves and dots on spreading foot and neck; pastoral scene with male figure standing in a rowboat and female figure in eighteenth century clothing.

ProvenanceW.H. Stark [1851-1936] and Miriam Lutcher Stark [Mrs. W.H. Stark, 1859-1936][1]; 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. See 1921 American Appraisal Company Appraisal of Furnishing of the Residence of W.H. Stark, Orange, Texas. Page 22, entry 5.

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