ROUND DEEP DISH, 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, like a rope in turquoise-blue; outside are six clusters of flowers connected by narrow swags of leaves; next, another turquoise-blue ribbon is looped six times outward and six times inward; the rim has six sprays of flowers each enclosing a small white blank area, on a ground dotted in gold.
- Object name:
- ROUND DEEP DISH, ONE OF FOUR
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 18th c.-20th c.
- Size:
- 20.8 cm (8 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.76.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .2) Crossed L's and R inside; L.V incised
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973