CUP (GOBELET HÉBERT ET 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, at the foot is a narrow pointed band in blue, the handle in the shape of two intertwined sprigs. The saucer with five lobes is decorated like the cup, the flower sprays in the lobes are crossed, in the center is a ten-pointed band of blue enclosing a cluster of flowers.
- Object name:
- CUP (GOBELET HÉBERT ET SOUCOUPE)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1758
- Size:
- 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.38.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 (cup) mark partially effaced; j c incised; .2 (saucer) Crossed L's, the date letter F for 1758
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973