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GLASS COOLER (SEAU À VERRE), ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

The ground is pink; on each face there is an oval panel reserved in white containing a cluster of flowers and fruit, framed by flower sprays and scrolled leaves and small sections of lattice, all in gold.

Object name:
GLASS COOLER (SEAU À VERRE), ONE OF TWO
Made from:
Hard paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
4 1/8 × 4 5/16 in. (10.5 × 11 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.100.2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .2 Marked in puce with the crossed L's surmounted by the crown for hard paste, and the date letter R for 1770 (?); also an urn, the mark given to Bequet, painter of flowers and borders in blue 1749-65 (?).
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973