SUGAR BASIN WITH COVER AND ATTACHED TRAY, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The ground is turquoise-blue, the design is cabbage leaf, an oval panel reserved in white, framed by a plain gold band, and containing a painting of two exotic birds in a landscape appears on each of the two ends of the covers, on each of the two sides of the bowls, an on each of the two ends of the trays, between each pair of panels is an elaborate floral wreath tied with a ribbon bow all in gold. The handle of the cover is a plain gold knob.
- Object name:
- SUGAR BASIN WITH COVER AND ATTACHED TRAY, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 18th c.-19th c.
- Size:
- 23.5 × 14.9 cm (9 1/4 × 5 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.21.1-2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 (bowl) Crossed L's; EE and ap incised.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973