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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