Title
Salad bowl with design called "au jardin des Tuileries"
Caption
Salad bowl - Nevers
Set known as "Au jardin des Tuileries". Evocation of the flight of Charles and Robert over the Tuileries gardens, represented with their rows of trees, the round basin with its fountain, and the central water jet.
Faience, curved edging (diam. 29 cm)
18th century
Muller-Quênot Collection
Info+
On 1st December 1783 more than four hundred thousand people flocked to the Tuileries. At forty minutes past one, a gunshot rang out to announce the balloon's departure. Charles the physicist and the youngest of the Robert brothers took their place in the gondola in the shape of a chariot. The balloon rose majestically above the applauding crowd.
The plate's design is called "at the jardin des Tuileries." This kind of design sometimes includes one of the following inscriptions: "a dieu" (farewell), "bon voyage" (have a nice trip), "à l’immortalité" (to immortality) and "la folie du siècle" (the mad century).
Date
18th century
Credit line
Photo12/Association Muller Quenot Rosheim
Reference
MQR10A00_040
License type
Rights managed
Available size
67,4Mb (3,0Mb) / 16,5in x 15,8in / 4961 x 4747 (300dpi)