THREE PART SALT CELLAR, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The ground is pink, each section has a panel reserved in white containing a painted cluster of flowers in color, and framed by curved leaf and flower sprays in gold, the three-part handle of each is white, touched with gold, and resembles bunched twigs tied with ribbon.
- Object name:
- THREE PART SALT CELLAR, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1776
- Size:
- 3 5/16 × 4 1/8 in. (8.4 × 10.5 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.103.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 Crossed L's, the date letter Y for 1776, and a sword, the mark for Evans (Etienne), painter of birds and butterflies, landscapes and flowers, 1752-1806; c j incised
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973