SOUP PLATE, ONE OF THREE
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
This plate is part of a set of three all similarly decorated. In the center on white is a cluster of flowers. Around this is a delicate vine of leaves and berries with a super-imposed blue circle. The rim is deep yellow outlined in gold and with a garland of roses through which weaves a blue ribbon.
- Object name:
- SOUP PLATE, ONE OF THREE
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1793-1800
- Size:
- 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.129.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK; MONOGRAM .2) In overglaze grey painted Sevres and monogram RF (for Republique Francaise 1793-1800 approx.), and 4 blue dots- for Theodore (Pierre- Théodore Buteux), painter and gilder 1765-84+
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973