CREAMER FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER "LOSANGE")
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
The ground is light blue with oeil de perdrix; the tray is lozenge-shaped; on each piece is a medallion reserved in white framed by a plain gold band, containing a landscape variuosly with a body of water, buildings in the distance and small figurines; on the rim of the tray and the saucers there are also plain white panels through which passes a vine with red berries; the creamer and the cups also have this vine on a white ground.
- Object name:
- CREAMER FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER "LOSANGE")
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1770
- Size:
- 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.147.2
- Signature marks:
- MARK .2 (creamer) Crossed L's on two of the feet; no visible incised mark
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973