CUP WITH REBUS (GOBELET "LITRON"), ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Porcelain Room

About this object

Both cup and saucer have pale yellow grounds reserved in white that are painted with rebuses. Two on the cup read "et il vous possédait" (she possesses you) and the other "aimez tout dans elle" (love everything about her). The saucer has three medallions painted with rebuses that read as follows: "aimez sa vertue" (love her virtues), "elle sait aimer" (she knows how to love), and a third one unsolved ("et il.."). On the center of the saucer has a cluster of trophies and leaves, all the yellow areas are painted with delicate arabesques.

Object name:

CUP WITH REBUS (GOBELET "LITRON"), ONE OF TWO

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

1788

Size:

2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.127.1

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK .1 (cup) Crossed L's, the double K for the date 1788, and V under- for an unidentified worker; also F M in gold- possibly the mark of Francois Mirey, gilder 1785-92; also 29 incised ; .2 (saucer) Crossed L's, and FM in gold; 46 incised

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973