Set of Eighteen Plates
maker
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
(active Sèvres, 1756 - present )
Date1769
Place MadeSevres, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
MediumSoft-paste porcelain with blue ground underglaze, polychrome enamels, and gilding
Dimensions24 cm (9 7/16 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC1s16.1-18
eMuseum ID723715
EmbARK ObjectID15409
TMS Source ID3977
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesAmerican Art Association. Catalogue of the Art Collection formed by the late Mrs. Mary J. Morgan... (New York, 8-12 March 1886), p. 185, lot 1199. (pâte tendre [soft paste], mark of 1769)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 7. (as "a set of plates which belonged to Marie Antoinette")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 21. (as painted by Yvernel in 1769)
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 7. (as "a set of plates which belonged to Marie Antoinette")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 21. (as painted by Yvernel in 1769)
MarksNotesMarked (on the underside of each): crossed Ls [Sèvres factory mark] with a Q [the date letter for 1769] in the middle and a + above [may be the mark of the painter Yvernel]
ProvenanceNotesSaid to have belonged to Marie Antoinette, but there is no royal mark to indicate they were intended for the use of the Queen, nor any other evidence to substaniate the claim that they belonged to her.
Collection of Mrs. Mary J. Morgan (1823–1885), New York.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the sale of the Mrs. Mary J. Morgan Collection at the American Art Galleries, New York on 12 March 1886, set of 18 plates at $56 each, lot 1199.
Collection of Mrs. Mary J. Morgan (1823–1885), New York.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the sale of the Mrs. Mary J. Morgan Collection at the American Art Galleries, New York on 12 March 1886, set of 18 plates at $56 each, lot 1199.
