CUP WITH COVER (GOBELET COUVERT)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
The ground is pale green, the center of the saucer is socketed to secure the base of the cup-a shape sometimes called a trembleuse, the front of the cup has a panel reserved in white painted with a bouquet of flowers in a basket on a stone ledge, the cover and the saucer have each two similar panels, the green areas between the panels have ribbon bows and floral garlands in gold.
- Object name:
- CUP WITH COVER (GOBELET COUVERT)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1778
- Size:
- 3 7/16 × 3 9/16 in. (8.7 × 9 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.158.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 (cup) and .2 (saucer) with Crossed L's, aa for 1778 inside, and C under, for Castel (Philippe), painter of birds and ornaments; .1 has incised 41 and 26; .2 has 37 incised
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973