EditorialBasin (Jatte ovale de pot ? l'eau). S?vres Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740; Painted by Louis-Jean Th?venet (French, active 1741/45-1777). Date: 1763. Dimensions: 19.4 x 28.6 cm (7 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.). Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels,...
EditorialSection of wall, Escalier de la cour ovale, Palace of Fontainebleau, France, Frederick Marschall, Brush and watercolor, tempera on heavy paper, Section of wall, lower half, revetments with panels of vari-colored marble; upper half, painted panel (detai...
EditorialS?vres Manufactory, Chamber pot (Pot de chambre ovale), French, S?vres, S?vres Manufactory (French, 1740present), 175758, French, S?vres, Soft-paste porcelain, Gr. H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.); Gr. L. 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.), Ceramics-Porcelain.
EditorialBasin (Jatte ovale de pot ? l'eau). S?vres Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740; Painted by Louis-Jean Th?venet (French, active 1741/45-1777). Date: 1763. Dimensions: 19.4 x 28.6 cm (7 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.). Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels,...
EditorialBasin (Jatte ovale de pot ? l'eau). S?vres Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740; Painted by Louis-Jean Th?venet (French, active 1741/45-1777). Date: 1763. Dimensions: 19.4 x 28.6 cm (7 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.). Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels,...
EditorialBasin (Jatte ovale de pot ? l'eau). S?vres Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740; Painted by Louis-Jean Th?venet (French, active 1741/45-1777). Date: 1763. Dimensions: 19.4 x 28.6 cm (7 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.). Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels,...
EditorialBasin (Jatte ovale de pot ? l'eau). S?vres Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740; Painted by Louis-Jean Th?venet (French, active 1741/45-1777). Date: 1763. Dimensions: 19.4 x 28.6 cm (7 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.). Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels,...
EditorialVase (vase hollandois nouveau ovale) (one of a pair) (part of a set), 1763, French, S?vres, Soft-paste porcelain, 11 1/2 ? 9 in. (29.2 ? 22.9 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, This model of vase is made in two parts. The flared upper section would have containe...
EditorialElachistocleis ovalis frog, native to South America (Engystoma ovale), and European green toad, Bufo viridis. Handcolored engraving by Mme. Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d'Orbigny's "Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle" ...