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Selected Works Gastronomy

Delve into a cornucopia of artworks illustrating the art of fine eating, otherwise known as gastronomy. Cooking, meals, and tableware are just a few of the means used to express this feast for the eyes and the taste buds alike.

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Decorative Arts

Edme-Pierre BALZAC

Tureen and platter

Paris, 1757-58 (terrine); 1763-64 (tray)
Decorative Arts

Thomas GERMAIN

Two saltcellars

1734-36
Decorative Arts

Jean Ducrollay (c. 1708-after 1776)

Coffee grinder

1756-57
Decorative Arts

Henry-Nicolas COUSINET (d. 1768)Master in Paris in 1724

Tea, coffee, and chocolate service...

1729-30

Marie Leczinska's large study at...
Decorative Arts

Large Buffet

C. 1860
Decorative Arts

Manufacture Royale de Porcelaine de Sèvres

"Ordinary" wine cooler

1783
Decorative Arts

Pair of sugar casters

C. 1730-40
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

The Graincourt Treasure: plate...

3rd century AD

Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt, Pas-de-Calais,...
Egyptian Antiquities

Jar with portrait

Byzantine Period, AD 395-643
Egyptian Antiquities

Water jars and stand

Byzantine Period, 8th-13th century BC

Tod for the two jars