About This Artwork
Sceaux Faience Manufactory
French
Wall Fountain and Basin1750/60
Tin-glazed earthenware, polychrome enamels
a) Fountain: 18 1/2 x 15 in. (47 x 38 cm)
b) Basin: 9 x 17 3/4 in. (22.8 x 45 cm)
Marks: Crowned fleur-de-lys in manganese above crossed feathers
Kay and Frederick Krehbiel Restricted Gift and Endowment; Harry and Maribel G. Blum, Michael A. Bradshaw and Kenneth S. Harris, Annette M. Chapin, Richard T. Crane, Jr. Memorial, and European Decorative Arts Endowments; through prior acquisitions of Mrs. Harold T. Martin, 2002.12a-b
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
Comparison ewer and basin at Sceaux published in the following:
Antoinette Fay-Halle and Christine Lahaussois, "Le Grand Livre de la Faience Francaise", 1986, p. 205, no. 263.
Jeanne Giacomotti, "French Faience", 1963, pp. 234-235, plate 50.
"Ile de France-Brabant Exhibition Catalogue", Sceaux and Brussels, 1962, no. 397.
"Sceaux-Bourg la Reine: 150 Ans de Ceramique des Collections Privee aux Collections Publiques", exh. cat. Orangerie du Chateau de Sceaux, April-June, 1986, no. 76.
"Promenade dans le Musee de l'Ile-de-France", pp. 6-7.