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

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

In the center on a white ground, is a cluster of flowers and fruit in natural color, the rim is painted turquoise-blue and has three oval panels reserved in white each containing one exotic bird in a landscape and framed with gold rococo scrolls and floral sprays.

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 × 22.4 cm (8 1/4 × 8 13/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.42.1
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .1 Crossed L's, the date letter gg for 1783 (?), and the mark for Taillandier, painter of fruits and flowers, birds and "fond pointillé", 1735-90 (?); 20 incised
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973