SAUCER (GOBELET BOUILLARD ET SOUCOUPE)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
The ground is turquoise-blue, the cup has straight sides and a plain C-shaped handle, the decoration is divided into two wave-like areas, the upper in blue outlined by gold floral sprays, the lower in white with clusters of flowers in color within waves. The saucer has a plain edge and is decorated like the cup, in the center there is no depression for the cup, but only a single rose.
- Object name:
- SAUCER (GOBELET BOUILLARD ET SOUCOUPE)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1765
- Size:
- 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.36.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK The cup (.1) marked with the crossed L's, and MN under-unrecorded (?). The saucer (.2) with crossed L's, and o incised.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973