SAUCER FROM A SET (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE), ONE OF TWO
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 cup has a panel reserved in white with a seated soldier holding his hat, on the saucer the panel has a landscape with a couple riding a donkey in the background, in both pieces the rims are decorated with stylized foliage in a heart-shaped design and fretwork on white.
- Object name:
- SAUCER FROM A SET (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE), ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1787
- Size:
- 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.152.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK; LABEL .1 Crossed L's, the date letter jj under, for 1787; 48 incised .2 (saucer) Crossed L's, the date letter jj to the left, for 1787, and M to the right for Morin (Jean-Louis) painter of figures and infants, flowers seascapes and military subjects; 44 incised. Old paper sticker with illegible writing.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973