# Three flower bowls [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN POTTER, French]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Soft-paste porcelain ## Commentary Three flower bowls c. 1752 Soft-paste porcelain Musée National de Céramique, Sèvres The eighteenth century in France was an extraordinary period for the European decorative arts. It was characterized by an intense craft activity. There were many orders from the aristocracy and other grand families for interior and exterior ornaments: fireplaces, buffets, oven grates, marble basins, garden vases, braziers, chimney pieces, gilded bronze chandeliers, etc. Gifts of porcelain and objets d'art were presented by the court of France to foreign courts. The eighteenth century teemed with ideas, but it above all entailed promotion of objects. The photo shows porcelain flower bowls made by the Vincennes factory. ## Related artworks - [Bottle-cooler with a Chinese decor]() - [Cameo Service]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Battle of Friedland]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Conquest of Silesia]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Foundation of the Kingdom]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Freeing of Dantzig]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Three Hanseatic Cities \(Berlin, Warsaw, Königsberg\)]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: Victory of Eylau]() - [Chocolate pot]() - ["Choisy" Flower Basin]() - ["Clodion" Vase]() - ["Clodion" Vase]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()