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 ground with areas reserved in white that are painted with rebuses. Two medallions on the read as follows: "elle est ravissante" (she is ravishing) and "elle surpasse tout par sa beauté" (her beauty surpasses everything). All the yellow areas are painted with delicate arabesques On the front and back underneath the medallions there is Greek key design in blue.
- Object name:
- CUP WITH REBUS (GOBELET LITRON), ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1788
- Size:
- 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.127.3
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .3 (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 40 and 44 incised. .4 (saucer) Same painted marks as .3, and 76 incised.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973