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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · verified July 2026
FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG
As the artistic director of the Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory, the Italian-born goldsmith and designer Jean-Claude Duplessis (c. 1695–1774) was responsible for many of the innovative forms of the Rococo and early Neoclassical styles that the factory produced. Duplessis designed porcelain vases, tea and dinnerwares, and gilt-bronze mounts for porcelain. These objects often possess a particularly sensual and organic quality that was new to porcelain at the time.
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Swansea Potteries & Porcelain Factory — Vase
Manifattura Ginori (Sesto Fiorentino, Italy) — Ewer
Chelsea Porcelain Factory — Potpourri Vase
Chelsea Porcelain Factory — Potpourri Vase
Chelsea Porcelain Factory — Potpourri Vase with Shepherdess
Fürstenberg Porcelain Factory — Vase
Worcester Porcelain Factory — Covered Vase
Worcester Porcelain Factory — Covered Vase
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory — Candlestick
Manufacture nationale de Sèvres — Flower Vase
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory — Vase
Manufacture nationale de Sèvres — Flower Vase