Ice pot
Date1778-1788
Maker
Sèvres porcelain factory
(French, 1756 - present)
Gilder
Capelle [I]
(French)
Geography
Made -
France
Medium/TechniquePorcelain (soft-paste), gilt
DimensionsOverall (including handle): 2 1/2 in. x 2 15/16 in. x 2 1/4 in. (6.35 cm x 7.46 cm x 5.72 cm)
Overall (Width with handle): 2 1/4 in. x 2 1/4 in. x 2 3/4 in. (5.72 cm x 5.72 cm x 6.99 cm)
Overall (Diameter of rim): 2 1/4 in. x 2 1/4 in. (5.72 cm x 5.72 cm)
Overall (Diameter of foot): 1 1/8 in. x 1 1/8 in. (2.86 cm x 2.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mary Van Kleeck of Woodstock, N.Y.,1951
Object numberW-1662/A
DescriptionSmall, scroll-handled cup with inverted bell-shaped body on a pedestal foot. Decorated with a gilded dentate (dent-de-loup) border around the outside of rim, a gilded band around the base of foot, and gilded sprigs and dots along the top of the applied, molded handle.One of two ice pots, W-1662/A-B.
Published ReferencesCadou, Carol Borchert, The George Washington Collection: Fine and Decorative Arts at Mount Vernon (New York: Hudson Hill Press, 2006), p. 148, cat. 42.
Detweiler, Susan Gray, "The Ceramics," Antiques 135, no. 2 (February 1989): 498, 500.
Detweiler, Susan Gray, George Washington's Chinaware (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1982), pp. 119-34. See fn. 231, p. 193, for Moustier's purchase from Sèvres on May 9, 1778, which includes "24 Tasses à glaces 4/96 [livres]" and "12 Plateaux Bourette 10/120 [livres]."
Mount Vernon China (Mount Vernon, VA: MVLA, 1962), pp. 29-34, ill. on p. 34, fig. 25 .
MarkingsOverglaze mark painted on bottom (in red): factory mark or cipher of intertwined Ls surmounted by a triangle (gilder's mark).
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