LARGE BOWL WITH A TEN-SIDED RIM (SALADIER À MORTIER)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
The ground is turquoise-blue. The exterior has three oval panels reserved in white framed in gold with the usual leafy scrolls and floral sprays and in addition fretwork and a couple of birds. Each panel contains a putto on clouds, one with grapes, another with a dove, and a third with roses. The top of the interior is painted with curving floral sprays in gold outlining a solid turquoise-blue area. The bottom of the interior is panted with eleven flying birds each carrying a leafy twig.
- Object name:
- LARGE BOWL WITH A TEN-SIDED RIM (SALADIER À MORTIER)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 18th c.-19th c.
- Size:
- 9.8 × 24.9 cm (3 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.13
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Marked in blue with the crossed L's and an illegible date letter; Also with 25 in the paste
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973