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 with a fretwork with rosettes all in gold, on the front of the cup is a scene with three fishermen pulling in their nets while a fourth packs fish into a barrel, a ship's bow and mast a left, in the center of the saucer is a scene with two fishermen roping a bale, at the right another rolls a barrel, behind him are the bow and mast of a ship. On the inside of the cup's lip and on the outside of the saucer's rim there is a rococo scroll enclosing sablé areas all in gold.

Object name:

SAUCER (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE)

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, Russia

Date made:

ca. 1765

Size:

5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.39.2

Signature marks:

MARK Both .1 (cup) and .2 (saucer) are marked with the crossed L's in blue but without a date letter. .1 incised JT; .2 with 2 (?) incised.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973