SAUCER (SOUCOUPE)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
The ground is pale yellow, around the lower part of the cup and in the center of the saucer are delicate cascading bouquets, sprays and garlands of flowers and leaves, all in blue. Around the top portion of the cup and on the rim of the saucer is a vine scroll of leaves in red, blue and green.
- Object name:
- SAUCER (SOUCOUPE)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1788
- Size:
- 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.125.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 (cup) and .2 (saucer) with crossed L's and outside KK for 1788 and D T under- for Dutanda, painter of flowers (1763-1802). Also F M in gold- possibly the mark of the gilder Francois Mirey 1785-1802.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973