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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