PLATE, ONE OF 12
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
All the plates have centers painted with winged cupids among clouds engaged in different activities. .11 Cupid holding a dove on each hand. A looped ribbon in turquoise-blue is painted on the rim and partially into the center and froms six curves each containing a spray of flowes in natural color. The space between the ribbon and the edge of the plate is filled with gold oeil de perdrix except for six small turquoise-blue triangles opposite the loops.
- Object name:
- PLATE, ONE OF 12
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- Late 18th c.-Early 19th c.
- Size:
- 23.7 cm (9 5/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.71.11
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Crossed L's with m inside and mb under; also 24 incised; M- 1764; mb- Buteux (Marie Jeanne Barbe), painter of flowers 1778-1802
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Augustus Riggs, 1974