Detail View: The AMICA Library: Wine cooler (seau à bouteille)

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.1970.230.4
AMICA Library Year: 
2000
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory
Creator Role: 
Factory
Creator Name-CRT: 
Manufactured by Vincennes
Title: 
Wine cooler (seau à bouteille)
Title Type: 
Object name
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
18th century (1753)
Creation Start Date: 
1753
Creation End Date: 
1753
Materials and Techniques: 
Soft-paste porcelain
Classification Term: 
Ceramics-Porcelain
Dimensions: 
H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm), W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), Diam. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
1970.230.4
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1970
Rights: 
Context: 

The vibrant turquoise ground (bleu céleste) was developed at Vincennes in 1753 and was immediately put to use in a table service for Louis XV. At this time the king had a financial interest in the factory, which moved to Sèvres in 1756, but it was not until 1759 that he purchased it outright, establishing the national factory it remains today.

This table service was the first produced at Vincennes, and its nearly five hundred pieces include tureens, plates and platters, butter and cheese dishes, salt-cellars, and coolers for wineglasses and bottles.

Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.es1970.230.4.R.tif