De la Bouëxière Ewer 1753 - 1755
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The "De la Bouëxière Ewer" was produced by the Vincennes Porcelain Factory in France between 1753 and 1755. This delicate ewer, a type of pitcher, is decorated with vibrant turquoise blue enamel and gold accents, a signature style of the factory. The ewer's white porcelain surface features hand-painted floral motifs and a small bird, adding a touch of natural beauty to the piece. This ewer embodies the elegant and refined aesthetics of 18th-century French porcelain.
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This Ewer was originally commissioned on February 19, 1753, by Jean Gaillard de la Bouëxière, the patron of the Grand Salon which surrounds us. But according to the archives, when the ewer was finished in 1755, it was delivered to Madame de Pompadour, who must have been infatuated with this Ewer when she first saw it. With its elegant shape, its refined pictorial decoration of a flower bouquet and a butterfly, its energetic gold hatching and its intensive color fields of white and celestial blue, the De la Bouëxière Ewer epitomizes the artistic essence of the Vincennes porcelain factory at the height of its production, after it had surpassed Meissen as the most fashionable porcelain maker in Europe, and just before the founding of Sèvres.
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