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| Keywords: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory - Fuchsia Vase - Walters 48914.jpg At Sèvres in the early 20th century the enameller André-Fernand Thesmar 1843-1912 introduced translucent enamels set in gold cloisons or compartments with gold foil backings Because of its attractive milky white color he revived the use of the soft-paste or artificial porcelain of the 18th century This vase which is identical in its naturalistic style and enamel technique to the work of Thesmar is inscribed in gold with the signature Lerosey who has not yet been identified The porcelains decorated in the the 1890s at the Lerosey studio 11 rue de la Paix Paris are painted not enameled Another fuschia vase by Thesmar made at Sevres in 1907 is in the Musee d'Orsay OAO 213 ca 1907 soft-paste porcelain translucent enamel gold cm 17 6 accession number 48 914 27203 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Sèvres France Walters Art Museum license Sèvres porcelain in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
