SMALL COSMETIC JAR (POT À POMMADE), ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
The ground is pink; the jar has two medallions reserved in white, each containing a painting of a single exotic bird perched on a leafy branch, and framed by a narrow plain gold band; gold floral swags on the pink ground link the tops of the two medallions; the cover has a white center sorrounded by a gold floral wreath edging the pink rim; the original porcelain knop on the cover has been replaced by gilt bronze acorns and leaves.
- Object name:
- SMALL COSMETIC JAR (POT À POMMADE), ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1779
- Size:
- 3 1/4 × 2 1/8 in. (8.3 × 5.4 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.105.3-4
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .3 (jar) with crossed L's and bb for 1779. Also with N under for Aloncle (Francois-Joseph) painter of birds, animals and attributes, 1758-1781., and L F in gold, possibly the mark of a painter and gilder named La France, 1775-93.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973