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HANDLELESS CUP

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Porcelain Room


About this object

The ground on both pieces is a lattice in blue edged with gold dots and with a wavy white line, and at each crossing an oeil de perdrix in white composed of a circle of blue dots with a gold dot in the center. All of this on a pink ground; on each piece two panels reserved in white each with a wreath of flowers.

Object name:
HANDLELESS CUP
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.156.1
Signature marks:
MARK .1 (cup) and .2 (saucer) Crossed L's; .1 with an O incised and .2 with 9 incised
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973