EGG CUP (COQUETIER), ONE OF SIX
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
The ground is turquoise-blue; each cup has two panels framed in gold and united by swags of flowers and leaves in gold also. Flowers are painted in colors on a white ground in the medallions.
- Object name:
- EGG CUP (COQUETIER), ONE OF SIX
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1783
- Size:
- 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.62.3
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .3 Crossed L's in blue, the mark for Massy (marks being partially gone) painter of flowers, 1778-1802.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973