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Paris [75] Musée du Louvre

The Hotel de Beringhen has delivered nearly forty earthenware cups with gadroons of this type. Made in the Nevers region, they were probably used as fruit bowls, as can be seen in contemporary still lifes. Earthenware (white from Nevers)

Where to find it

Paris [75] Musée du Louvre
99, rue de Rivoli Palais du Louvre
75001 Paris

Commune of discovery

Paris 1

Locality

Louvre, Cour Napoléon

Type of intervention

Excavation

Year of excavation

1984 – 1986

Chief Scientist

Yves de Kisch, Pierre-Jean Trombetta

Inventory number

CN 7172

Scope

Daily life ➔ Art of the table

Materials

Terracotta ➔ Ceramic

Chronological period

Modern period [1492 / 1789]

Dating the object

1600 – 1700

Dimensions

H. 7 cm, d. 9.6 cm,

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