TRAY FROM ROUND BOWL WITH COVER (PLATEAU FROM ECUELLE)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
The ground is white; the main decorative motif is a wreath of roses in natural color repeated within a wide band on each of the three pieces; the top and bottom of each wreath is cut off by the edges of the band; the panels with the roses alternate with smaller panels in dark blue each tooled with a star shape in gold; swags of leaves and berries appear near the bottom of the bowl and on the tray; the handles of the bowl are two intertwined twigs, and the handle of the cover is a group of twigs and berries painted on green and gold.
- Object name:
- TRAY FROM ROUND BOWL WITH COVER (PLATEAU FROM ECUELLE)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1769 (?)
- Size:
- 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.133.3
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Both the bowl (.1) and the tray (.3) are marked in puce with the interlaced L's, the date letter q for 1769 and S under for the painter of flowers and friezes, Méraud, the elder 1754-1792. .1 has o and an incised the paste and .3 has j.f incised.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973