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Vase (Cuvette Mahon)

Date

1762

Medium

Soft paste porcelain with lead glaze, enamel and gilding

Culture

French

Department

Decorative Arts

Institution

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The name of this vase, *cuvette Mahon,* refers to the British-occupied port of Mahón on the island of Minorca, which was captured by the French in 1756 at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. In addition to the *cuvette Mahon,* this French victory spawned other objects named after the town, including a *sauce à la Mahonnaise,* now known as mayonnaise. The blue and gold decoration in three different patterns--trellis, *pointillé,* and *vermiculé--* over a pink ground is an unusual combination, very rarely seen on Sèvres porcelain. Jean-Louis Morin, who painted the farmyard scene, copied it from an engraving after a painting by the Flemish artist David Teniers the Younger.

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