Partial coffee service (Déjeuner “Culture et Récolte du cacao”)

Creator Name

Sèvres Manufactory;
Pictorial decoration by Jean Charles Develly;
Gilded by Pierre Riton;
Commissioned by Louis Philippe, King of France

Cultural Context

Date

1836

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Coffee service

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Title

Partial coffee service (Déjeuner “Culture et Récolte du cacao”)

Creator

Sèvres Manufactory, French, 1740–present, Manufactory;
Pictorial decoration by Jean Charles Develly, Decorator;
Gilded by Pierre Riton, Decorator;
Commissioned by Louis Philippe, King of France, Patron

Worktype

Ceramics-Porcelain

Cultural Context

Material

Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold

Dimensions

Coffeepot: overall (confirmed): 7 9/16 x 6 15/16 x 4 1/4 in. (19.2 x 17.6 x 10.8 cm); Milk jug: overall (confirmed): 7 7/16 x 3 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (18.9 x 9.8 x 8.3 cm); Sugar bowl: overall (confirmed): 5 5/8 x 5 1/4 x 4 1/16 in. (14.3 x 13.3 x 10.3 cm); Tray: overall (confirmed): 3/4 x 17 3/4 x 13 11/16 in. (1.9 x 45.1 x 34.8 cm);
depth: 10.31877centimetre;
height: 14.287529centimetre;
width: 13.335027centimetre;
depth: 34.76632centimetre;
height: 1.9050038centimetre;
width: 45.08509centimetre;
depth: 10.795022centimetre;
height: 19.208788centimetre;
width: 17.621284centimetre;
depth: 8.255016centimetre;
height: 18.891287centimetre;
width: 9.84252centimetre

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Date

1836

Provenance

Purchase, The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund and Gift of Irwin Untermyer, by exchange, 1986

Style Period

Rights

Public Domain

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