TRAY WITH ATTACHED POTS AND LIDS FROM THE MORGAN SERVICE, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The decoration of these wares is distinctive- wide bands on all pieces are in bleu Fallot covered with circles of gold dots and "incrustè" at wide intervals with clusters of various flowers, these bands are edged in gold on the inside, and on the outside with slightly molded white leaf scrolls alternating with stylized fan-like motifs, all touched with gold, the remaining areas, in white, are painted with scattered roses with leaves, either singly, in pairs, or just buds.
- Object name:
- TRAY WITH ATTACHED POTS AND LIDS FROM THE MORGAN SERVICE, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft-paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1771
- Size:
- 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.149.108-110
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .108 (tray wih attached cups): crossed L's the date letter q for 1769 to the left, and Y to the right (mark for Bouillat "pére" (Edmé-FranÇois), painter of fruits and flowers 1758-1810)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973