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1920

  • Work on this object ended.

1989

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Cerises (Cherries) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Jean Charles Develly and company: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated 1819–1920 and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is pen and brush and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper; verso: graphite. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.

Its dimensions are

12.1 x 11.2 cm (4 3/4 x 4 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left: les cerises

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Cerises (Cherries) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service); Company: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France); Designed by Jean Charles Develly (French, 1783 - 1849); France; pen and brush and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper; verso: graphite; 12.1 x 11.2 cm (4 3/4 x 4 7/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of James Amster; 1989-13-11

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