Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
Around the rim a turquoise-blue ribbon is looped five times forming curved frames for five curled sprays of flowers in natural color. In the center on each dish, on a white ground, is a cluster of flowers and fruit in natural color. The space between the ribbon and the edge of the plate which is painted turquoise-blue, is white and covered with gold oeil de perdrix.
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1790
- Size:
- 1 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (4.4 × 21 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.227.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .2 Crossed L's; 20 incised
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973