SAUCER
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
The ground is magenta covered with oeil de perdrix reserved in white composed of a circle of blue dots sorrounding a gold dot in the center, on the cup two large medallions reserved in white framed with a gold border contain each a wreath of red roses and forget-me-nots, and a smaller medallion with a spray of cornflowers. On the front of the cup is a smaller medallion with a spray of red roses. The saucer has the same decoration with three large medallions alternating with three smaller ones, the oeil de perdrix is graduated smaller towards the center around a gold sunburst on white.
- Object name:
- SAUCER
- Made from:
- Hard paste porcelain?
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1779
- Size:
- 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.155.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 and .2 Crossed L's and the double B for 1779, and the mark of Noel, painter, 1755-1804. The saucer (.2) incised 45 and the cup incised 36.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973