One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20.
The cup has a painted winter scene of a man and dog with a bridge and house in background. The sides and back are pink with a gilt rim, cup interior, handle and foot trim. Bottom has designer's signature.
Made by the Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. Demitasse saucer has central gold medallion and gilt cavetto below a wide pink band within a gilt edge. On bottom is the decorator's signature.
Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. This service bowl has a floral center painted in a naturalistic palette in shades of yellow, green, blue and tan within a gilt cavetto below a wide pink band within a gilt edge.
Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. This service bowl has a landscape scene with a castle, a waterfall and two people fishing in shades of green, blue and tan within a gilt cavetto below a wide pink band within a gilt edge.
Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. This dessert dish has a floral hand-painted scene in a natural palette in shades of red, orange, yellow, blue and green within a gilt cavetto below a wide pink band within a gilt edge.
Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. A small oval-shaped platter with a central gold medallion and gilt cavetto below a wide pink band within a gilt edge.
Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. This soup bowl has a central gold medallion and gilt cavetto below a wide pink band with a gilt edge.
Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. This soup bowl has a central gold medallion and gilt cavetto below a wide pink band with a gilt edge.
Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. This soup bowl has a central gold medallion and gilt cavetto below a wide pink band with a gilt edge.
Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. Hand-painted scenes on both sides of this lozenge-shaped tureen and across the cover having a pinnacle gilt knob, in pink and gilt over a white background, the handles on he tureen are shaped as Egyptian cats in gilt terminating in gilt palmetto leaves. The rim is in gilt with a wide pink band following a narrow band of gilt and white background above a gilt foot.
Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. Large oval-shaped platter with a central gold medallion and gilt cavetto below a wide pink band within a gilt edge.
Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
An ornamental branched candlestick resembling a small chandelier. The figure on this girandole is a helmeted Roman soldier in front of a post with three leaf covered branches for holding candles each one enhanced by 12 crystal 2-part prisms.
Provenance
William Jenkins
Sarah Muench
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland
An ornamental branched candlestick resembling a small chandelier. The figure on this girandole is a helmeted Roman soldier in front of a post with three leaf covered branches for holding candles each one enhanced by 12 crystal 2-part prisms.
Provenance
William Jenkins
Sarah Muench
James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland
One of 13 glass wine rinsers. Similar to a finger bowl in shape but with higher sides. Two spouts on opposite sides of the rim are for resting the stem of a wine glass as the wine glass bowl is submerged in the vessel's rinsing water. Bottom third of the bowl has a wide cut diamond pattern on the band, below is a 12-cut facet design.
One of 13 glass wine rinsers. Similar to a finger bowl in shape but with higher sides. Two spouts on opposite sides of the rim are for resting the stem of a wine glass as the wine glass bowl is submerged in the vessel's rinsing water. Bottom third of the bowl has a wide cut diamond pattern on the band, below is a 12-cut facet design.
One of 13 glass wine rinsers. Similar to a finger bowl in shape but with higher sides. Two spouts on opposite sides of the rim are for resting the stem of a wine glass as the wine glass bowl is submerged in the vessel's rinsing water. Bottom third of the bowl has a wide cut diamond pattern on the band, below is a 12-cut facet design.
One of 13 glass wine rinsers. Similar to a finger bowl in shape but with higher sides. Two spouts on opposite sides of the rim are for resting the stem of a wine glass as the wine glass bowl is submerged in the vessel's rinsing water. Bottom third of the bowl has a wide cut diamond pattern on the band, below is a 12-cut facet design.
One of 13 glass wine rinsers. Similar to a finger bowl in shape but with higher sides. Two spouts on opposite sides of the rim are for resting the stem of a wine glass as the wine glass bowl is submerged in the vessel's rinsing water. Bottom third of the bowl has a wide cut diamond pattern on the band, below is a 12-cut facet design.
One of 13 glass wine rinsers. Similar to a finger bowl in shape but with higher sides. Two spouts on opposite sides of the rim are for resting the stem of a wine glass as the wine glass bowl is submerged in the vessel's rinsing water. Bottom third of the bowl has a wide cut diamond pattern on the band, below is a 12-cut facet design.
One of 13 glass wine rinsers. Similar to a finger bowl in shape but with higher sides. Two spouts on opposite sides of the rim are for resting the stem of a wine glass as the wine glass bowl is submerged in the vessel's rinsing water. Bottom third of the bowl has a wide cut diamond pattern on the band, below is a 12-cut facet design.