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Manufactory Vincennes Manufactory French
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The yellow ground color may have been developed as early as 1749 at Vincennes. Its use was probably inspired by similarly-decorated Meissen pieces of the 1730s and 40s, or by Chinese porcelains of the late 17th/early 18th century.
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Title: Mustard pot and stand (moutardier ordinaire)
Manufactory:
Vincennes Manufactory (French, ca. 1740–1756)
Date: ca. 1752–53
Culture: French, Vincennes
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions:
Height (mustard pot .25a, b): 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm);
Overall (stand .26): 1 1/2 × 6 7/8 × 5 5/16 in. (3.8 × 17.5 × 13.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1954
Object Number: 54.147.25a, b, .26
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