SAUCER WITH REBUS (SOUCOUPE), ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
Both cup and saucer have yellow grounds with areas reserved in white that are painted with rebuses. The cup has two medallions that read as follows: "et il vous possédait" (and 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 virtue), "elle sait aimer" (she knows how to love), and a third one unsolved. In the center of the saucer is a cluster of trophies and leaves. All the yellow areas are painted with delicate arabesques.
- Object name:
- SAUCER WITH REBUS (SOUCOUPE), ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1788
- Size:
- 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.127.2
- 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