BASKET (CORBEILLE BASSE) FROM THE "SERVICE ICONOGRAPHIQUE GREC"

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage

About this object

This empire-style gilded, reticulated basket with a blue band glazed to imitate lapis lazuli almost gives the appearance of a piece of Greek jewelry. It is from the "Service iconographique grec." The basket reveals the influence of Greek and Roman motifs and forms and how they defined the Empire style in France and Europe.

The basket is round with a spraying rim. The walls are pierced to create a pattern of interlocking reeds resembling a stylized plant form. The base consists of three sections: a braided band in gold, a deep blue band with gold specks and veins imitating lapis lazuli and a foot section with a reed pattern in gold.

Object name:

BASKET (CORBEILLE BASSE) FROM THE "SERVICE ICONOGRAPHIQUE GREC"

Made from:

Hard paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

c. 1813

Size:

7.6 x 19.1 cm (3 x 7 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.241

Signature marks:

MARKS M.L. [incised under glaze at center bottom of basket]; de Sevres/1812 [in red at center bottom of basket] LABELS Coutau-Begarie 378 [inside basket]; Art Ceramique Ancien / NICOLIER / Expert / 7, Quai Voltaire, Paris [bottom of basket -- cream colored label with brown printing] INSCRIPTIONS 13.av.12 [bottom of basket -- in green paint. Appears to be an old accession number]

Credit line:

Museum Purchase, 2004