PLATE, ONE OF 22
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
This plate is part of a set of 22 plates, each one presenting slight variations in the fruits, flowers and birds depicted on them. In the center, on white is a cluster of fruit and flowers, including a pink rose, a purple rose and one purple flower, reserved in white; three cabbage leaves on the rim reserved in white, contain each two exotic birds in a landscape setting; the areas between the leaves are painted solid turquoise-blue with gilt floral sprays; gilt garlands close the openings to the leaves and feathers, gilt edging outlines the leaves and the outside of the rim.
- Object name:
- PLATE, ONE OF 22
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 18th c.-19th c.
- Size:
- 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.55.19
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .19 Crossed L's and F inside; CT incised; F- 1758; CT is the mark of Collot, maker of soft paste 1755-1784
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973