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SUGAR BOWL (SUCRIER "MELISSIN") FROM THE SOUTH AMERICAN BIRDS SERVICE, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): J. F. C. Leloi (Designer) , Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer) , Pauline de Knip (Painter)

On view in: Pavilion Hallway


About this object

This sugar bowl has two bold gilded c-shaped handles simulating sugar canes and ending with bees where they meet the top of the bowl. Each side is painted with a different hummingbird with a swag of seeds and husks hanging below them.

Object name:
SUGAR BOWL (SUCRIER "MELISSIN") FROM THE SOUTH AMERICAN BIRDS SERVICE, ONE OF TWO
Made from:
Hard paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
1819-1820
Size:
4 1/4 × 10 in. (10.8 × 25.4 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.136.9
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK; INSCRIPTION .9 (bowl) Marked in blue on the back with the crossed L's enclosing a fleur-de-lis and Sèvres, 20. Also inscribed in gold: MC. 15 juillet, and D.Y for the gilder Charles Christien Marie Durosey; j b incised.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973