Object details
Object number
C25c2.1-12
Creator(s)
French, Paris
Title
Coffee and Tea Service
Date
about 1810-1820
Medium
Gilded hard paste porcelain
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection by about 1900.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), pp. 23, 212. (as French empire style)
Ellenor Alcorn et al. The Best of the Decorative Arts. Exploring Treasures in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum IV. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1992), pp. 36-37, ill. (as probably France, Paris, about 1810-1820)
Gallery
Veronese Room
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