Detail View: The AMICA Library: Porcelain Tea Service with Birds, Turquoise Blue Ground

AMICA ID: 
TFC_.19189021
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
Royal Manufactory of Sèvres
Creator Nationality: 
European; French
Creator Name-CRT: 
Royal Manufactory of Sèvres
Title: 
Porcelain Tea Service with Birds, Turquoise Blue Ground
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
1767
Creation Start Date: 
1767
Creation End Date: 
1767
Materials and Techniques: 
soft-paste porcelain
Classification Term: 
ceramic
Dimensions: 
18.9.21: H. over all 5 1/2 in. (14 cm.)
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H. of body 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.)
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D. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.)
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W. including handle and spout 7 3/16 in. (18.2 cm.)
Dimensions: 
18.9.22: H. overall 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.)
Dimensions: 
H. of body 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm.)
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D. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.)
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18.9.23: H. 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm.)
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D. 3 1/2 in. (8.8 cm.)
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W. including handle 5 in. (12.7 cm.)
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18.9.24-18.9.31. Cups: H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.)
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D. 2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm.)
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W. including handle 3 11/16 in. (9.3 cm.)
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Saucers: H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm.)
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D. 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm.)
AMICA Contributor: 
The Frick Collection
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
18.9.21
ID Number: 
18.9.22
ID Number: 
18.9.23
ID Number: 
18.9.24
ID Number: 
18.9.25
ID Number: 
18.9.26
ID Number: 
18.9.27
ID Number: 
18.9.28
ID Number: 
18.9.29
ID Number: 
18.9.30
ID Number: 
18.9.31
Credit Line: 
Purchase
Inscriptions: 
Painted in blue on the base of each piece except Nos. 18.9.23, 18.9.24 and 18.9.26: interlaced L's drawn with a small spine rising frome either side, enclosing the date-letter O and surmounted by the letters cp, the mark of Antoine-Joseph Chappuis.
Copyright: 
Licensed for non-commercial, educational use.
Rights: 
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