CUP FROM A SET (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
Around the top and bottom of the cup is a green band outlined in gold and containing a wavy band of gold laurel leaves, around the center on white are four medallions framed with pink roses enclosing gold dots, between these are crossed sprays of green and yellow leaves with red berries and small triangles with gold lattice on dark red, the saucer has the same motifs adapted to its shape.
- Object name:
- CUP FROM A SET (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1770
- Size:
- 4.4 x 10.5 cm (1 3/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.146.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 (cup) and .2 (saucer) have crossed L's, and the date letter R for 1770, and the mark for Thèvenet (Louis-Jean)père, painter of flowers, 1741-1777; .1 has d d incised
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973