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The grooves were then filled  with ink and the image was transferred onto a blank sheet of paper. <br><br><b>Design</b><br>The concept of a crayfish, reeds and a shell-like motif was copied from a design by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier that was published in 1734 in a collection of designs entitled <i>Livre de Légumes</i>.<br><br>Prints like this, with naturalistic plants and animals arranged ornamentally, had a strong influence on British Rococo porcelain and silver design. In fact, a silver salt cellar in the form of a crayfish, probably based on this print, was produced in 1742-1743 by the silversmith, designer and porcelain manufacturer Nicolas Sprimont. The design of the salt cellar was then repeated in porcelain at Sprimont's Chelsea porcelain factory (see museum no. C.73-1938).<br><br><b>People</b><br>Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier was a versatile and inventive designer, producing designs for a wide range of items, from table-wares and clocks to firework displays and buildings. He is an important figure in the history of the Rococo style, introducing asymmetry and picturesque irregularity through designs such as this.","physicalDescription":"Engravings and etchings, designs for furniture","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Chatelain, Jean-Baptiste-Claude","id":"A8238"},"association":{"text":"etcher","id":"AAT25174"},"note":"probably"},{"name":{"text":"Meissonnier, Juste-Aurèle","id":"A8654"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":"after"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[{"text":"engraving","id":"AAT53225"},{"text":"etching","id":"AAT53241"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Engraving and etching","categories":[{"text":"Ornament prints","id":"THES49038"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AM3286"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"53A (VA)","id":"THES49763"},"free":"","case":"CA1","shelf":"","box":"38"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Paris","id":"x29068"},"association":{"text":"printed","id":"x46159"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1801","earliest":"1801-01-01","latest":"1801-12-31"},"association":{"text":"printed","id":"x46159"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"height","value":"45","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"1983","earliest":"1983-01-01","latest":"1983-12-31"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"width","value":"32","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"1983","earliest":"1983-01-01","latest":"1983-12-31"},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions taken from Lambert, Susan (ed.) <u>Pattern & Design: Designs for the Decorative Arts 1480-1980</u> London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Probably etched in London by Jean-Baptiste Chatelain (probably born in London, 1710,  died in  London, 1758)\nafter Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (born in Turin, Italy, 1695, died in Paris, 1750)","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Plate from a volume of interior decorations, one of 73 bound together, Paris, 1801.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lambert, Susan (ed.) <u>Pattern & Design: Designs for the Decorative Arts 1480-1980</u> London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"furniture","id":"AAT37680"},{"text":"designs","id":"AAT102051"},{"text":"engravings","id":"AAT41340"},{"text":"regency","id":"AAT21089"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nJean-Baptiste Chatelain copied this design from one published in 1734 by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, a leading French Rococo designer and goldsmith. Meissonnier's print was probably the design source for Chelsea's crayfish salt cellars, one of which is exhibited below.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["29564:121"],"accessionNumberNum":"29564","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN0611","2019LP2351","2019LP1688","2019LU1945"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-05-02","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}