CUP
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
The ground is yellow. On the front of the cup is a farmyard scene painted in color with a couple dancing to the tune of a bagpipe player, and others drinking, framed with a gold band tooled with a zig-zag motif, the rest of the cup and saucer have each a band of laurel and another of oak, both in gold, on the center of the saucer is a medallion reseved in white printed with two blue ewers and grape vines with clusters of grapes.
- Object name:
- CUP
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 18th c.-19th c.
- Size:
- 6.2 x 13.6 cm (2 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.122.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 (cup) marked with crossed L's, the date letter P and the letter K for Dodin ??(1754-1802), painter of figures, landscapes and attributes; .2 (saucer) crossed L's and W underneath for Riocreux ?? painter (1769-74)/ or Weidinger ??, gilder 1795-1817; 45 incised
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973