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PLATE, ONE OF 16

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

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

Object name:
PLATE, ONE OF 16
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
24.3 cm (9 9/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.46.1
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .1 Crossed L's and date letters gg for 1784 (?), and a m under - undetermined painter of flowers (c.1782-5) (?); also G I- undetermined gilder, possibly Etienne-Gabriel Girard (?); and 24 incised
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973