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 grounds is turquoise-blue; 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, and 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 on 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:
- 14.6 × 22.2 cm (5 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.21.3-4
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .3 (bowl) Crossed L's; L and c incised.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973