{"id":9946,"date":"2017-01-14T17:35:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T22:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=9946"},"modified":"2017-02-11T13:58:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T18:58:43","slug":"french-cornflower-pattern-jug-c-1778","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=9946","title":{"rendered":"French &#8216;Cornflower&#8217; pattern jug, c.1778"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This hard paste porcelain baluster-form jug with\u00a0sparrow beak spout\u00a0was made in Paris, France, by Andre Leboeuf at the Fabrique de la Reine factory,\u00a0circa\u00a01778. It is hand decorated in\u00a0the &#8216;Cornflower&#8217; pattern, also known as &#8216;Angoul\u00eame&#8217; or &#8216;aux Barbeaux&#8217;, a favorite of Marie Antoinette and Thomas Jefferson. It measures 4.75 inches\u00a0high and is marked on the underside with the letter &#8216;A&#8217; and a gilt crown. Work\u00a0of this kind\u00a0is known as Porcelaine \u00e0 la Reine and Old Paris Porcelain.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike obvious repairs, such as\u00a0replacement handles, spouts and lids, this jug possesses\u00a0a\u00a0chip off the old block, or more precisely, a chip off an old pot. The lip must have been so badly damaged that a\u00a0jeweler or china mender had to graft on a piece\u00a0from another vessel. The replacement piece, unintentionally cut in\u00a0the shape of the State\u00a0of Nevada, was\u00a0fitted to the enlarged\u00a0hole in the jug, just like a jigsaw puzzle, using two\u00a0small brass\u00a0rivets along the rim.\u00a0An adhesive compound was applied along the edges to seal the deal. Not the most elegant of repairs but this jug must have meant so much\u00a0to its original\u00a0owner that a delicate jug with a Nevada-shaped patch was better than no jug at all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11805\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11805\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11805\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8906.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8906.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8906-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8906-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11806\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11806\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11806\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8910-Version-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8910-Version-2.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8910-Version-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8910-Version-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11802\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11802\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11802\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8901.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8901.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8901-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8901-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11803\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11803\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11803\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8902.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8902.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8902-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8902-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11801\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11801\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11801\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8895.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8895.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8895-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8895-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11804\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11804\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11804\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8904.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8904.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8904-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8904-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11807\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11807\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11807\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8914.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8914.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8914-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8914-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11800\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11800\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8917.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8917.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8917-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8917-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This jug shows\u00a0what the missing cover\u00a0and\u00a0metal mount on my jug might\u00a0have looked like before Napoleon smashed it to\u00a0the floor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?attachment_id=11809\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11809\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11809\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/122-210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/122-210.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/122-210-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/122-210-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rouillac.com\">Rouillac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This hard paste porcelain baluster-form jug with\u00a0sparrow beak spout\u00a0was made in Paris, France, by Andre Leboeuf at the Fabrique de la Reine factory,\u00a0circa\u00a01778. It is hand decorated in\u00a0the &#8216;Cornflower&#8217; pattern, also known as &#8216;Angoul\u00eame&#8217; or &#8216;aux Barbeaux&#8217;, a favorite of Marie Antoinette and Thomas Jefferson. It measures 4.75 inches\u00a0high and is marked on the underside [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[55,178,16,120],"class_list":["post-9946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jug","tag-french","tag-patch","tag-porcelain","tag-staplesrivets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9946"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11937,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9946\/revisions\/11937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}