LARGE BOWL FROM THE MORGAN SERVICE

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage

About this object

The decoration of these wares is distinctive. Wide bands on all the pieces are in bleu Fallot covered with circles of gold dots and "incrusté" 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:

LARGE BOWL FROM THE MORGAN SERVICE

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

1771

Size:

25.4 cm (10 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.149.77

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK Crossed L's, the date letter S (for 1771) to the left, and Y to the right- for Bouillat (Edmé-FranÇois) father, painter of fruits and flowers 1758-1810; j M incised- for Martin, répareur, soft-paste, 1767-1795

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973