Anemone

Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory

1745–1755

Soft-paste porcelain with glaze, Soft-paste porcelain

J. Paul Getty Museum

A white porcelain anemone flower sculpture is displayed against a plain gray background. The sculpture features detailed petals and a textured center. This hand-modeled anemone would have been attached to silk-wrapped wire or painted metal stems and mounted in vases or onto clocks, wall lights, chandeliers or other interior elements to decorate expensive homes. Williams, Elizabeth, A., ed. Daily Pleasures: French Ceramics from the MaryLou Boone Collection, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012), pp. 344-45, no. 115, entry by Meredith Chilton.