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