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Pot a Oil., Terrine, 5th Plate
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier1740
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Covered tureen, knob on lid in shape of a large artichoke with descending leaves. Body of tureen shows central cartouche with royal crown on top. Cascades of flowers flank the cartouche. Tureen has two handles.
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Details
- Title: Pot a Oil., Terrine, 5th Plate
- Creator: Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
- Creator Lifespan: 1695/1750
- Date Created: 1740
- Type: Print
- Rights: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- Medium: Engraving on white laid paper
- Provenance: Jean Léon Decloux (Decloux 173)
- Paper Support: White laid paper
- Inscribed: Inscribed on plate, upper left: K; upper right: 65; lower left: J.A. Meissonnier inv.; lower center: Pot a Oil.; lower right: Huquier Sculp. et ex. rue St. Jacque C.P.R.
- Dimensions: Platemark: 18 x 17.3 cm (7 1/16 x 6 13/16 in.)
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