TRAY FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER "LOSANGE")
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
Tray is lozenge-shaped. Upon its white ground and broad borders of stippled gold (sablé) are painted blue and purple bell flowers linked by floral garlands. In addition, the tray is decorated with a narrow vine of leaves and berries. A cluster of flowers is painted in the center of the tray surrounded by a narrow vine of leaves and red berries
- Object name:
- TRAY FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER "LOSANGE")
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1767
- Size:
- 10 7/8 × 13 11/16 in. (27.6 × 34.8 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.132.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 (tray) Crossed L's, the date letter O for 1767 and a comma for Meraud (Charles-Louis) the younger, 1756-80, painter of flowers, nosegays and garlands; L incised
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973