SHELL-SHAPED DISH (COMPOTIER À COQUILLE), ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room

About this object

The ground is turquoise blue, in the center is a cluster of flowers and fruit in color on a white ground, on the rim are three panels reserved in white, each containing a single exotic birds with foliage, and framed by gold floral sprays and small areas of lattice.

Object name:

SHELL-SHAPED DISH (COMPOTIER À COQUILLE), ONE OF TWO

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

18th c.-19th c.

Size:

21.4 x 21.9 cm (8 7/16 x 8 5/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.41.1

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK .1 Crossed L's, gg for 1784 (?) and a fleur-de-lys under, for Taillandier, painter of flowers 1735-90 (?)

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973