TRAY FROM COVERED BOWL (PLATEAU FROM ECUELLE)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
The ground is pink; the bowl, cover, and tray, all have two panels reserved in white containing exotic birds in a landscape- on the bowl and tray- two bird each; on the cover one bird each; in the center of tray- one flying bird; all the panels are framed with curved leaf and flower sprays in gold.
- Object name:
- TRAY FROM COVERED BOWL (PLATEAU FROM ECUELLE)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 18th c.-19th c.
- Size:
- 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.115.3
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 (bowl) and .3 (tray) with crossed L's and the date letter B for 1754 (?), and a mark in imitation of Chavaux's father mark, a gilder. .1 has 29 incised; .3 has 23 incised.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973