Covered Chestnut Bowl and Stand (Marronnière)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, painted by Denis Levé1757–58

Details

Title: Covered Chestnut Bowl and Stand (Marronnière)
Creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, painted by Denis Levé
Date Created: 1757–58
Physical Dimensions: tureen: 7 1/8 × 7 7/16 × 5 13/16 in. (18.1 × 18.89 × 14.83 cm) stand: 1 5/8 × 11 9/16 × 8 13/16 in. (4.13 × 29.37 × 22.38 cm)
Type: DECORATIVE ART
External Link: See more at collection.mam.org
Medium: Soft paste porcelain, vert ground color, polychrome enamels, and gilding
Art Movement: Rococo
Depicted Topic: flowers (plants)
Technique Terms: gilding, glazing (coating), painting (image-making), piercing
Place Made: Sèvres
Physical Attributes: cartouches, floral patterns, foliation (pattern), green (color), knobs, lids, ovals, vivid yellow, white (color)
Object Type Terms: covered bowls
Material Terms: enamel paint, gilding, glaze, gold, polychrome, soft paste porcelain
Image Source: Milwaukee Art Museum, John R. Glembin
Credit Line: Milwaukee Art Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Arthur J. Riebs given in memory of her father C.W. George Everhart, and her mother Lillian Boynton Everhart M1959.194a,b,c

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