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

Date1753

Mediumporcelain with bronze

Dimensions15 x 22 inches (38.1 x 55.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1980

Object number41.24.3.A

ClassificationsHousehold Accessories

DescriptionBronze circular base with four feet; porcelain spreading foot base; bronze bolt with leaves extending up porcelain body; porcelain body tapers toward base; waisted neck; bronze rim; bronze handles in shape of female figures on either side; band of overlapping foliage on bronze base rim; green ground with blue, purple, and pink and raised gold designs on porcelain base, body, and neck; pastoral scene with cherubs, female figures, and musical instruments on body and neck; foliage pattern band on bronze rim.

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 December 11, 1980 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House

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