VASE WITH COVER (VASE ANTIQUE FERRÉ DIT DE FONTENOY), ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage

About this object

The ground is turquoise-blue. The cover is domed and topped by a gold pine cone, the lip of each vase has a band of raised white ovals and circles, outlined in gold, on the body are four raised shaped panels as if suspended by white looped ropes attached to rings on brackets, the arched panels topped by garlands of oak leaves and white ribbon bows, at the top of the stem is a ring of white pearls, around the base is a wreath of laurel, one panel contains a scene with a young couple seated under a tree in a landscape after Boucher, two have clusters of flowers and fruit, and the fourth has three interlaced wreaths. .1 shows woman reclining

Object name:

VASE WITH COVER (VASE ANTIQUE FERRÉ DIT DE FONTENOY), ONE OF TWO

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

18th c.-19th c.

Size:

45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.15.1-2

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK; LABEL .1 (vase) Crossed L's, V under; also label with number 50735 .2 (cover) Crossed L's, p v under

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973