DESIGNED BY EUGENE ROUSSEAU AND FELIX BRACQUEMOND, 1866

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'SERVICE ROUSSEAU', A SET OF CERAMIC TABLEWARE
DESIGNED BY EUGENE ROUSSEAU AND FELIX BRACQUEMOND, 1866
INDIVIDUALLY DECORATED WITH ANIMAL AND FLORAL MOTIFS
COMPRISING:
1866-1875 MANUFACTURE
1 LARGE OVAL SERVING PLATTER
1 GRAVY BOAT
1 LARGE SOUP TUREEN
6 SOUP BOWLS
28 PLATES

1876-1884 MANUFACTURE
1 LARGE FISH SERVING PLATTER
1 LARGE OVAL SERVING PLATTER
1 SOUP BOWL
13 PLATES

1886-1890 MANUFACTURE
1 SOUP BOWL
1 PLATE

1903-1913 MANUFACTURE
1 LARGE BOWL
1 SMALL TUREEN
1 SMALL OVAL SERVING PLATTER
1 SMALL ROUND SERVING PLATTER
2 PICKLE DISHES
1 DINNER PLATE
12 PLATES
27 1/8IN. (69CM.) LENGTH OF FISH PLATTER; 11¼IN. (28.5CM.) HEIGHT OF TUREEN, 15¾IN. (40CM.) WIDTH OF TUREEN
MARKED VARIOUSLY (72)

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Lot Essay

CF: SèVRES, REVUE DE LA SOCIéTé DES AMIS DU MUSéE NATIONAL DE CéRAMIQUE, NO. 7, 1998, SEE ARTICLE BY LAURENS D'ALBIS, LES DéBUTS DU JAPONISME CéRAMIQUE EN FRANCE DE BRACQUEMOND à CHAPLET, PP. 13-20
SEE ALSO: ALAIN GRUBER (ED.), L'ART DéCORATIF EN EUROPE, PARIS, 1994, P. 225 (TUREEN ILLUSTRATED)
JEAN-PAUL BOUILLON, CHRISTINE SHIMIZU, PHILIPPE THIéBAUT, ART, INDUSTRIE ET JAPONISME, LE SERVICE 'ROUSSEAU', EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, MUSéE D'ORSAY, PARIS, 1988, PASSIM.
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, JAPONISME. JAPANESE INFLUENCE ON FRENCH ART 1854-1910, CLEVELAND, 1975, EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, PP. 157-158, EXH. NOS. 194-195

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