SAUCER (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
The ground is turquoise-blue, on the front is a panel reserved in white, extending from the lip to the base, containing a single exotic bird standing in a landscape, the saucer has a panel with similar vignette filling the whole center, each is framed with a gold tooled band around which is entwined a gold vine and sprays of flowers at intervals.
- Object name:
- SAUCER (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1765
- Size:
- 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.33.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Both pieces are marked with the crossed L's without a date letter. The cup is also marked with 29 in the paste.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973