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SHELL SHAPED DISH (COMPOTIER À COQUILLE), ONE OF FOUR

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

This dish is part of a service, comprising 24 small plates, 28 large plates, 4 shell-shaped dishes, 2 square dishes and 4 round deep dishes (24.72-24.76). In the center on a white ground is a cluster of fruit in natural color sorrounded by a twisted ribbon; outside are four clusters of flowers connected by narrow swags of leaves; next, another turquoise-blue ribbon is looped four times outward and four times inward; the rim has four sprays of flowers each enclosing a small white blank area, on a ground of dotted gold.

Object name:
SHELL SHAPED DISH (COMPOTIER À COQUILLE), ONE OF FOUR
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-20th c.
Size:
8 5/8 × 8 13/16 in. (21.9 × 22.4 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.74.3
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .3) Crossed L's; T over; cm under, all in puce; gn incised
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973