Bourdalou
date: label: Date
content: late 18th–early 19th century
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756
label: Possibly
content: Marie-Félicité Baudouin, French, active 1786 – 1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Boat-shaped vessel, one end higher than the other; vertical handle at high end. White ground with gilt rim, below which is gilt diaper patterns on blue. Beneath this area are rose and mulberry-colored swags with centered shell and rosette motifs, all with gilded outlines and details. Floral festoons hang from swags. Gilding on handle and around base.
place: label: Place
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maxime Hermanos
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1967-84-1
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: bourdalou
label: Type
content: bourdalou
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: porcelain (probably hard paste), vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 12 × 24 × 10.6 cm (4 3/4 × 9 7/16 × 4 3/16 in.)