SAUCER (SOUCOUPE)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
The ground is turquoise-blue, the decoration of the cup is divided into two wavy areas, the upper in blue with gold leafy scrolls, the lower in white with sprays of flowers in color curving inside the waves, and smaller sprays at the bottom emanating from a narrow pointed band of blue at the foot, the handle is shaped like two twisted twigs. The saucer has a gently scalloped edge and a decorative scheme like the cup, with five lobes reserved in white containing sprays of flowers in color, and ten-pointed band of blue around the central white depression.
- Object name:
- SAUCER (SOUCOUPE)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1758
- Size:
- 6.2 × 13.3 cm (2 7/16 × 5 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.35.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK The cup (.1) is unmarked. The saucer (.2) is marked in blue with the crossed L's, the date letter F for 1758, and L for Denis Leve, painter of flowers, birds, and ornaments (1754-1805). 29 incised
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973