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As the handbook to the Jones Collection stated in 1883: \"Suddenly ... a collection has been  given ...  which contains the very objects so much to be desired, and, as it seemed a year ago, so hopeless of attainment.\" A military tailor  who made  his  fortune during the Crimean War, Jones (1799-1882)  started collecting seriously in the 1850s, sharing a taste for luxury objects of the <i>ancien regime</i> with aristocratic collectors such as the fourth marquess of Hertford  and Sir Richard Wallace (founders of  London's Wallace Collection), John Bowes (of the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle) and Baron Ferdinand de  Rothschild (of Waddesdon Manor).\n\nThe most important French porcelain factory was founded in 1740 in the royal chateau of Vincennes. In 1756 it was transferred to Sèvres, the other side of Paris, and shortly after was bought by Louis XV. The support and   protection of the king and his mistress, Madame de Pompadour, enabled it to secure the best artists, sculptors, designers and chemists. Sèvres porcelain soon became the most sought after in Europe.\r\n\r\nThis shape is listed as 'Vase hollandois ' in the Sèvres factory records, indicating its shape originated in Holland and  was copied from Dutch Delftwares.  Vases of this type would have been used for planting and growing bulbs  in  season, hence the pierced separate stands which allowed for watering the growing bulbs.  Out of season, porcelain flowers on painted metal stems are known to have been displayed in vases of this type.  They were usually grouped in pairs with other shapes to form sets known as 'garnitures', and placed on mantelpieces and   pieces of furniture, often with mirrors behind them, adding to the rich decorative effect\r\n","physicalDescription":"Jardiniere and stand, one of a pair, soft-paste porcelain, decorated with a turquoise ground, reserved with enamelled flower sprays and gilt by Taillandier, made at Sèvres, dated 1771.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Vincent Taillandier","id":"A29202"},"association":{"text":"painter","id":"x30573"},"note":""}],"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"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt","categories":[{"text":"Ceramics","id":"THES48982"},{"text":"Porcelain","id":"THES48907"},{"text":"Containers","id":"THES48972"},{"text":"Vases","id":"THES48879"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2010EH9802","2017KE1701"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"139","id":"THES49874"},"free":"","case":"W","shelf":"2","box":""},{"current":{"text":"139","id":"THES49874"},"free":"","case":"W","shelf":"2","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Flower holder","id":""}],[{"text":"Stand","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"France","id":"x28849"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1771","earliest":"1771-01-01","latest":"1771-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by John Jones","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'S' within interlaced 'L's","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8728"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Makers mark with date letter 's'"},{"content":"a fleur de lys","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":"A8728"},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"for  Vincent Taillandier"}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Jardiniere and stand, painted in enamels and gilt, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1771","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"William King,<u> Catalogue of the Jones Collection, II, Ceramics, ormolu, goldsmiths' work, enamels, sculpture, tapestry, books, and prints</u>  (London: Victoria and  Albert Museum, 1924),for this pair of <i>vases hollandois</i> see p. 13, no. 130."}],"production":"Date letter identified as 's' by David Peters 1999","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["780:1-1882","780:2-1882"],"accessionNumberNum":"780","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1882,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Flower holder","Stand"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2004-06-07","availableToBook":false}}