SAUCER (SOUCOUPE) FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER "LOSANGE")
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
The ground is white; the tray is lozenge-shape; on each piece is a broad band of stippled gold (sablé) enclosing bell flowers alternating blue and purple and facing up or down, attached to a wawy floral garland; in the center of the tray is a cluster of flowers sorrounded by a narrow vine with irregular leaves and red berries; this vine encircles the saucers and the lower body of the creamer, the bowl, the cups and only the spout of the pot; the creamer has three fet above each of which is a small molded yellow flower.
- Object name:
- SAUCER (SOUCOUPE) FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER "LOSANGE")
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1770
- Size:
- 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.132.9
- Signature marks:
- MARK .8-9 (cup and saucer); .8 Crossed L's, the date letter r for 1770, a comma for Meraud (see .1), and x incised; .9 crossed L's, possibly the date letter r (partially effaced) and no visible incised mark.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973