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Номер объектаM2014/022:002
Создатель France Sevres
ОписаниеHand-painted Sèvres-style antique porcelain plate depicting a French château in a fine linear form and coloring. Dark blue rim with gold monogram GJRC (George Judah Rebecca Cohen). A late 19th Century romanticizing genre scene, surprisingly with no figurative or animal motives, common for this scenery. Artist's signature LEBER along the left side of the inner golden ring. Reverse with inscription on the top 'Château de Maisons' and underneath 'Manufactured expressly for George J. Cohen, Sydney 1880'.
In 1880 the couple returned to Sydney from Maitland and lived in their Engadine house. The Cohens were known for their collection of antiques and interest in old masters paintings, so it is possible that the family relocation was marked by commissioning the pair of decorative porcelain plates from the famous French manufacturer.
George Judah Cohen was a devoted family man and was well liked by colleagues, staff and business partners. He participated in an increasingly busy Jewish cultural life and education. He was present when the foundations were laid for the NSW Jewish War Memorial building now housing the Sydney Jewish Museum. The stone was laid by George J Cohen on 28 February 1923.
A Jewish patriarch, George Judah Cohen became the acknowledged leader of the community and strong supporter of the Great Synagogue from 1878. During 15 separate years between 1883 and 1921 he was president of its board of management and was made a life member of the board. It is likely that it was the Great Synagogue's representatives who commissioned the porcelain plates. G.J. Cohen also held high office in such organizations as the New South Wales Board of Jewish Education, the Jewish Literary and Debating Society of Sydney and the local Anglo-Jewish Association.
G.J.Cohen's wife Rebecca, née Levy, was an also active charity worker, especially for the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children and the Infants' Home, Ashfield, and was a council-member of Women's College, University of Sydney.
This plate, together with its matching pair M2014/022:001, represents an example of an Australian colonial Jewish taste and apreciation present in the Jewish community in the end of the 19th century.
In 1880 the couple returned to Sydney from Maitland and lived in their Engadine house. The Cohens were known for their collection of antiques and interest in old masters paintings, so it is possible that the family relocation was marked by commissioning the pair of decorative porcelain plates from the famous French manufacturer.
George Judah Cohen was a devoted family man and was well liked by colleagues, staff and business partners. He participated in an increasingly busy Jewish cultural life and education. He was present when the foundations were laid for the NSW Jewish War Memorial building now housing the Sydney Jewish Museum. The stone was laid by George J Cohen on 28 February 1923.
A Jewish patriarch, George Judah Cohen became the acknowledged leader of the community and strong supporter of the Great Synagogue from 1878. During 15 separate years between 1883 and 1921 he was president of its board of management and was made a life member of the board. It is likely that it was the Great Synagogue's representatives who commissioned the porcelain plates. G.J. Cohen also held high office in such organizations as the New South Wales Board of Jewish Education, the Jewish Literary and Debating Society of Sydney and the local Anglo-Jewish Association.
G.J.Cohen's wife Rebecca, née Levy, was an also active charity worker, especially for the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children and the Infants' Home, Ashfield, and was a council-member of Women's College, University of Sydney.
This plate, together with its matching pair M2014/022:001, represents an example of an Australian colonial Jewish taste and apreciation present in the Jewish community in the end of the 19th century.
Дата 1880 - 1880
Темаachievers, creative works
Наименованиеplates
Материалceramic, porcelain
Размерность
- diameter: 240.00 mm
width: 21.00 mm
Язык
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection