Toilet Service of the Duchesse de Cadaval

Etienne Pollet French, active 1715 - 1751
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About the Artwork

Toilet Service of the Duchesse de Cadaval

between 1738 and 1739

Etienne Pollet

active 1715 - 1751

French

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Silver

Overall: 3 3/8 × 7 × 4 1/2 inches (8.6 × 17.8 × 11.4 cm)

Silver

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Museum Purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund

2012.73

Public Domain

Markings

Marks: [three various marks, including crowned Y] Marks, engraved on top: [coat of arms of the Duke of Cadaval]

Provenance

ca. 1738, probably commissioned by Jaime de Mello, 3rd Duke of Cadaval, or by Louis of Lorraine, prince de Lambesc;
May 1739, Henriette-Julie-Gabrielle de Lorraine, Duchesse de Cadaval [1724-1761];
by descent to the family of the Dukes of Cadaval (Lisbon, Portugal);
1931, sold by 9th Duke of Cadaval;
1931, acquired by (Jacques Helft, Paris, France);
Patricia Lopez-Wilshaw (Buenos Aires, Argentina);
October 3, 2012, sold by (Christie's, Paris, France) lot 39;
2012-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Fregnac, C., ed. Les grands orvèvres de Louis XII à Charles X. Paris, 1965, pp. 136-137.

Darr, Alan Phipps, Yao-Fen You, and Megan Reddicks. “Recent Acquisitions (2007–15) of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts.” The Burlington Magazine 158 (June 2016): pp. 501–512, p. 506 (ill.).

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Etienne Pollet, Toilet Service of the Duchesse de Cadaval, between 1738 and 1739, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Jill Ford Murray Fund, 2012.73.

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