Moutardier and spoon (part of the Louis XVI dinner service) 1783-92
Soft-paste porcelain, beau bleu ground and gilded decoration | 8.8 x 8.5 cm (parts .a and .b together) | RCIN 58044
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Soft-paste Sèvres porcelain moutardier and spoon. Beau bleu ground decorated with tooled gilt foliate scrolls, floral wreaths, trails and crossed branches; oval reserves painted with scenes from classical Greek and Roman history and mythology. The reserve on the moutardier depicts the nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus.
Provenance
Commissioned by Louis XVI in 1783 & scheduled to take 23 years to complete; only about half was finished by the time of the King's execution in 1793; purchased by George IV from Mr. Würtz of Paris in 1811 for £1,973 4s 8d, through Robert Fogg.
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Creator(s)
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Commissioner(s)
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Medium and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, beau bleu ground and gilded decoration
Measurements
8.8 x 8.5 cm (parts .a and .b together)
12.2 cm (Height) (whole object)
Place of Production
Sèvres [France]