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Plate (Assiette)

c. 1760–65
manufacturer

Mennecy Factory

(French)
(French)
France, Mennecy, 18th century
soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Diameter: 24.3 cm (9 9/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1954.5
Location: not on view
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The hatched border of this plate was likely produced by engine-turning, a process by which clay is turned on a rotating tool to produce fluted, geometric, and diced patterns.

Description

As European porcelain production advanced, factories borrowed designs and techniques from one another in order to remain competitive in the porcelain market. Paintings of one to two figures perched on a rock or small hill overlooking a pastoral landscape were regularly reproduced on tea services fabricated at the Mennecy porcelain factory. These compositions were likely inspired by similar landscapes painted on porcelain at the Vincennes factory.
Plate (Assiette)

Plate (Assiette)

c. 1760–65

Mennecy Factory, Mennecy- Villeroy Factory

(French), (French)
France, Mennecy, 18th century

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