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 bird 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:

after 1784

Size:

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

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.41.2

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK .2 Crossed L's, gg for 1784 (?), mb for Mme Bunel (née Manon Buteux), painter of flowers 1778-1816 (?), and a dotted circle for Siou (Jean-Charles), painter of flowers and borders, 1752-92; 20 incised.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973