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Milk jug
Painted and gilded soft porcelain
Dimensions : H. 14 (cm.)
Sèvres circa 1790 - 1795
Charming Etruscan or Hanap (new form) milk jug decorated with gilding around the rim and a garland of cornflowers.
Etruscan shapes at Sèvres
From 1779 onwards, Angivillier was responsible for renewing the shapes of his pieces, using an antique repertoire. The finest example of this emulation is undoubtedly the commission for Marie-Antoinette at the Rambouillet dairy.
Condition report: unmarked, wear and crack to handle
Bibliography: Un "air d'Antiquité". Le service de Sèvres réalisé pour la laiterie de Marie-Antoinette à Rambouillet, Selma Schwartz in Versalia, 2007
Illustration :Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, Adélaïde Auguier, 1787, Stockholm, Nationalmuseum
Ref: EF1ZBV44EG