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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:
21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.49.3
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .3 Crossed L's and gg for 1784 (?) within the L's, and m : x under- undetermined painter of flowers c. 1785 (?); also 23 incised.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973