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. .5 Cupid palying with a butterfly. A looped ribbon in turquoise-blue is painted partially on the rim and partially into the center and forms six curves each containing a spray of flowers in natural color. The space between the ribbon qnd the edge of the plate is filled with gold oeil de perdrix except for six small turquoise-blue triangular opposite 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:
- 24.71.5
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Crossed L's and G within; and outside an N on both sides of the L's and Vt under; also 24 incised; G-1759
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973