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David Peters has suggested it was part of a group of servicewares listed in the sales of the Paris luxury goods dealer (<i>marchand-mercie</i><i>r</i>),  Lazare Duvaux.  In 1758 Duvaux sold varous items of this type, simply described as green, 'verd', (or variations of green) to M. de Laborde (an influential financier connected to the court), King Louis XV and the king's mistress, Madame de Pompadour.  In his further investigation of the sales records, Peters suggests this rinser may have been part of a service bought by the king himself.\n\nEach diner would have had a glass rinser, filled with iced water, as part of his place setting.  In her catalogue of French porcelain in the Wadsworth Athaneum, Linda Roth states 'Wine glass coolers... came into limited use in the early part of the eighteenth century, as Louis XV relaxed some of the rules of court etiquette and began hosting more intimate suppers, usualy after the hunt.'  The first service made by the Vincennes/Sèvres factory for Louis XV in 1753-56 included twenty-four glass rinsers.\n\nDavid Peters. <u>Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century</u>, (Little Berkhamsted,  privately published, 2nd edition 2015, see vol 2, pp. 307-310, no. 58-1\nClare Le Corbeiller and Linda H. Roth. <u> French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum</u>, J. Pierpoint Morgan Collection.  Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000","physicalDescription":"Form: round, scalloped border, six shallow lobes, two leaf handles\nGround: green and white\nDecoration: flowers","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Sèvres porcelain factory","id":"A406"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"soft paste porcelain","id":"AAT10665"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painted","id":"AAT54216"},{"text":"glazed","id":"AAT53914"},{"text":"gilt","id":"AAT53789"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2006AG7244","2006AF7675"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"139 (VA)","id":"THES49874"},"free":"","case":"U","shelf":"4","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Glass cooler","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"France","id":"x28849"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1758","earliest":"1758-01-01","latest":"1758-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"Formerly thought to be 1758-58, see Peters reference"}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by D. 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The French Porcelain Society, A transcript of the talk given at the French Porcelain Society Study Day on 17 June 2014.  London, 2014.  Following a detailed analysis of the records against existing pieces, Peters has suggested 'E’ is now for 1758, not 1757-8 as formerly thought."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"David Peters, <u>Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century</u>, (Little Berkhamsted,  privately published, 2nd edition 2015), see vol 2, pp. 307-10, no. 58-1 for a discussion of servicewares in the sales list of the Paris marchand-mercier Lazare Duvaux for the first six months of 1758.  Due to simply being described as 'verd' (or variations of green), Peters matches these items with three groups of service items destined for M. de Laborde, Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour.  However, on p. 309 he suggests C427-1921 may be one of a group of service wares bought by the king himself. "},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Marcelle Brunet and Tamara Préaud.  <u>Sèvres des origines à nos jours.</u> Fribourg: Office du Livre, 1978.  See no. 92, p. 154 for a white example decorated with polychrome sprays dated 1758 in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Le Corbeiller, Clare and Roth, Linda H.  <u>French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum, J. Pierpoint Morgan Collection</u>.  Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000.  See pp. 265-268, no. 137 for a glass rinser of this shape made in 1771 as part of the Du Barry service."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["C.427-1921"],"accessionNumberNum":"427","accessionNumberPrefix":"C","accessionYear":1921,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-08","recordCreationDate":"2004-06-07","availableToBook":false}}