Charger with Leisure Scene
CultureFrench
ManufacturedNevers, France
Dateearly 18th Century
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (grand feu faience)
DimensionsOverall: 5.8 × 43.8 cm (2 5/16 × 17 1/4 in.)
DescriptionGathered in a garden, a group of men and women play a game of lawn bowling while two women are on the swing. The scene evokes the fêtes galantes, a popular theme of rococo painting that shows the pastimes and love intrigues of the aristocracy.
Credit LineThe Pierre Karch and Mariel O'Neill-Karch Collection.
Object numberG12.14.9
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
French Earthenware - FaïenceStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Seuter Workshop
c.1725-1730; decorated in Augsburg
Object number: G83.1.723.1-4
Artist / Maker: Claudius Innocentius du Paquier Factory
c.1735-40; decorated in Breslau or Vienna, c.1730
Object number: G96.5.8a-b
Artist / Maker: Minton
c.1920
Object number: G96.3.33
