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Manufacturer
Sèvres Manufactory
(French, active 1740-present)
Designer
Jean-Charles François Leloy
(French, active 1816 – 1844)
Decorator
Antoine-Louis Bouvrain
(French, active 1826 – 1848)
Date1846
MediumHard-paste porcelain, gilt bronze
DimensionsDiameter: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of John Blyth
Object number1992.43a-b
On view
DescriptionThe Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory made this luncheon plate and compote as part of a large service for King Louis-Philippe’s hunting lodge and summer residence, the Palace of Fontainebleau. The “Ordinaire de Fontainebleau” dish service was part of an extensive palace redesign instituted by Louis-Philippe I, the penultimate monarch of France, following the Bourbon Restoration. Designed by Jean-Charles François Leloy and decorated by Antoine-Louis Bouvrain, each piece in the set features big game animals in the Neo-Renaissance style, glorifying the blood sports that took place on palace grounds. The dinner service held meat prepared from the day’s hunt and when not in use was displayed in Fontainebleau’s Gallery of Plates to chronicle the history of the château. King Louis-Philippe first commissioned the animal design in 1836, with additional orders in subsequent years, until his abdication during the French Revolution of 1848.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Markings
Underside (overglaze blue): "SEVRES" and "1846" flanking LP monogram beneath crown [King Louis Philippe]
Underside (overglaze red): "CHATEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU" encircled in crown cartouche
Underside (overglaze red): "CHATEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU" encircled in crown cartouche
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