PLATE, ONE OF 20
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
This plate belongs to a set of 20; the decoration is the same on all the plates, with only slight variations. The ground is turquoise-blue; in the center is a cluster of flowers and fruit on a white ground; on the rim three cabbage leaves reserved in white each containing on exotic bird in a landscape; in betweeen them areas of turquoise-blue are decorated with garlands of flowers in gold.
- Object name:
- PLATE, ONE OF 20
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 18th c.-19th c.
- Size:
- 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.138.12
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Crossed L's; dd at left; m at right; F x (faint) under; no visible incised mark; dd - 1781; m - Massy, Pierre, painter of flowers, 1778-1802; F x - Fumez, Jean-Pierre, painter of flowers and ornaments 1774-1804
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973