SQUARE DISH, ONE OF TWO

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-shape 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, like a rope, in turquoise-blue forming a circle. 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 dotted in gold.

Object name:

SQUARE DISH, ONE OF TWO

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

18th c.-20th c.

Size:

21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.75.1

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK .1) Crossed L's and the date letter L (1764); JV incised

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973