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Collections > Ceramics > Ewer and Basin, 1777

Ewer and Basin, 1777

Ewer and Basin, 1777
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt
French, Sevres
Marks: the ewer with the factory mark (interlaced ‘L’s under a crown)  and painter’s mark ‘gt’ (for Etienne-Jean Grémont ) in blackish purple enclosing the date letter ‘Z’ (for 1777) and  gilder¹s mark ‘B’ ( possibly for Louis Barbé) in reddish brown; the basin with the same marks all in a mixed reddish brown
Height of Ewer: 24.7 cm: Length of Basin: 36.4 cm; Width of Basin: 27 cm
Purchased with the help from Sandra Nye and her sister in memory of their mother, and together with the aid of grants from the Art Fund, V&A/Arts Council and the Friends of The Bowes Museum

Artist / Maker: Sevres Porcelain

Place: Sevres

Object Type: ewer

Actual Date: 1777

Century: 18th century

Materials: Hard-paste porcelain, Enamel, Gilt

Museum Accession Number: 2012.6/Cer.