1911
French
Soft-paste porcelain, enamel, gold wire
10 inches high (26.2 cm.)
2021.187
Incised marks of the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory: AV 94 4 and PT
Marked: Monogram “FT” (for André Fernand Thesmar), with date 1911 (in gold) above.
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment and Sydney and Frances Lewis Endowment Fund
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Garnier, E., “Les Coupes de F. Thesmar,” Revue des Arts Déecoratifs, XI, 1890-91;
Champier, Victor, “Fernand Thesmar,” Revue des Arts Décoratifs, XVI, 1896, pp. 373-381;
Mourey, Gabriel, “Fernand Thesmar, 1843-1912,” Les arts, no. 129, Jan. 1912, pp. 19-22;
Jervis, Simon, Art & Design in Europe and America 1800-1900 (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1987), pp. 157-158;
Plinval de Guillebon, Régine de, “Un phénomène périodique: la mode du décor d’or appliqué et d’email sur la pocelaine française (XVIIe-XIXe siecles),” Sèvres. Revue de la Société des Amis du Musée National de Céramique, no. 1, 1992, pp. 15-22;
________________________, “Fernand Thesmar, emailleur sur cuivre, or et porcelaine,” L’Objet d’Art, no. 276, Jan. 1994, pp. 44-53.

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