SQUARE DISH, ONE OF FOUR

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 in turquoise-blue and has four oval panels reserved in white each containing one exotic bird in a landscape and framed with gold rococo scrolls and floral sprays.

Object name:

SQUARE DISH, ONE OF FOUR

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

18th c.-19th c.

Size:

8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.49.1

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK .1 Crossed L's and jj for 1787 (?) outside the L's to the left, and Y to the right for Bouillat, the Younger, 1785-1793, painter of flowers and landscapes (?); also 35 incised.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973