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The ground is turquoise-blue. The cover is domed and topped by a gold pine cone; the lip of each vase has a band of raised white ovals and circles, outlined in gold; on the body are four raised...

VASE À TÊTE D'ÉLÉPHANT, ONE OF TWO

Cat. no.: 24.160.1

Artist: Unknown (Manufacturer)

Date: late 19th Century

This is an unusually large pair of vases with elephants' heads after the Sèvres model from the 18th century. Both have spoon-shaped medallions, front and back, each with cupids floating in the...

VASE À TÊTE D'ÉLÉPHANT, ONE OF TWO

Cat. no.: 24.160.2

Artist: Unknown (Manufacturer)

Date: late 19th Century

This is an unusually large pair of vases with elephants' heads such as were made at Sèvres in the 18th century. Both have spoon-shaped medallions, front and back, each with cupids floating in the...

COVERED JAR

Cat. no.: 24.163.1-2

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 1867-1870

The ground is dark green, on the front is a panel reserved in white, painted with a cluster of flowers in natural color and framed by a plain gold band, a neoclassical motif in gold is repeated on...

FIGURINE OF HEBE

Cat. no.: 24.165

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: after 1767

Partially draped young woman holding a cup in one hand and a ewer in the other represents Hebe, the cupbearer to the gods. The base is in green porphyry and ormolu.

BACCHANALIAN GROUP (BACCHUS PORTE PAR LES BACCHANTES)

Cat. no.: 24.166

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: c. 1770

The term "biscuit" refers to the unglazed body of the porcelain. This technique, introduced in the mid-1750s, helped to preserve the crisp modeling, which had previously been blurred by the...

MEDALLION

Cat. no.: 24.167

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 1796

The medallion contains the bust of Catherine the Great in profile, facing to the right. The figure is in white biscuit and the background imitates the blue jasper of Wedgwood. Catherine wears a...

MEDALLION

Cat. no.: 24.169

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 1896

The medallion has in low relief the busts of Tsar Nicholas II and the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna facing to the right. The inscription around the medallion reads: "Nicholas II" and "Alexandra." ...

DIAMOND SHAPE DISH, ONE OF TWO

Cat. no.: 24.16.1

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 1778

The ground is in turquoise-blue, each dish has a raising rim in openwork with a scalloped edge and stylized motifs painted in turquoise, white, and gold, the dish has in the center a diamond...

DIAMOND SHAPE DISH, ONE OF TWO

Cat. no.: 24.16.2

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 1778

The ground is in turquoise-blue; the dish has a raising rim in openwork with a scalloped edge and stylized motifs painted in turquoise, white, and gold; the dish has in the center a diamond shaped...

TWO-HANDLED SAUCE BOAT (SAUCIÈRE À DEUX BECS)

Cat. no.: 24.17

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 1785

The ground is turquoise-blue, the shape has two spouts, the two handles are white and each resembles two crossed stalks of celery, on each side are strings of beads and sprays of leaves in gold,...

COVERED CUP, ONE OF TWO

Cat. no.: 24.176.1

Artist: Unknown

Date: 19th c.

On a white ground, sprays of flowers in natural colors within panels formed by curved bands of gold leaves. On the small lid, the handle is in the form of a flower. Scalloped edges of lid and...