Ice Cream Pail (Seau à Glace)
date: label: Date
content: pail ca. 1772; cover possibly later
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756
label: Painter
content: Jean-Baptiste-Etienne-Nicolas, French, active 1779-82, 1786-91, 1806, 1824-1835
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cylindrical, with rounded bottom and slight cylindrical foot; flaring edge, shaped. Flat cover with vertical cylindrical collar, and scrolled handle. Decorated with scattered clusters of flowers and fruit, and with blue rays at edge.
place: label: Place
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1926-22-469-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: ice cream pail
label: Type
content: ice cream pail
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: a) H x diam.: 16.5 × 2.3 cm (6 1/2 × 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: b) H x diam.: 4.3 × 20.1 cm (1 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.)