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OVAL SALT CELLAR (SALIER), ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer) , Decambos (Gilder)

On view in: French Porcelain Room


About this object

The ground is turquoise-blue, on each long side is an oval panel reserved in white containing a cluster of flowers, on the narrow ends are gold leaf and flower scrolls, the sides are slightly crimped and flare gently toward the top and bulge toward the bottom.

Object name:
OVAL SALT CELLAR (SALIER), ONE OF TWO
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
1782
Size:
8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.31.1
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .1 Crossed L's, the date letter ee for 1782, and D- possibly for the painter and gilder Decamb0s, 1776-88; A big number,1163, in bright orange has been put over the factory mark
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973