OVAL BOWL WITH COVER, 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; four leaves on the cover reserved in white- two on the sides, contain each one exotic bird in a landscape, and two on the ends have each a cluster of flowers; a cluster of flowers under each handle. Four leaves on the bowl-two on the sides have each two exotic birds, and two on the ends have each a cluster of flowers and fruit.
- Object name:
- OVAL BOWL WITH COVER, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 18th c.-19th c.
- Size:
- 15.2 x 10.8 cm (6 x 4 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.25.3-4
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .3 (bowl) Crossed L's and date letter M (partially effaced); L and L g incised.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973