CREAM PITCHER (POT À LAIT)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The ground is pink, the shape is called "helmet" which has a high handle, curved lip, and low pedestal foot, on each side is a panel reserved in white, shaped to conform to the shape of the pitcher, each containing two flying birds, and framed by a green band joined to the other one under the lip where threee large green bell flowers are suspended.
- Object name:
- CREAM PITCHER (POT À LAIT)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- mid 18th-mid 19th Century
- Size:
- 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.111
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Crossed L's and under the letters S V (?)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973