POTPOURRI VASE WITH COVER (POT-POURRI "POMPADOUR"), ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
This covered urn has a turquoise-blue ground. The cover is domed, pierced with six oval holes surrounded by molded scrolls, and topped by a small white carnation. There are six similar holes on the shoulders of the ovoid body, and two shaped panels reserved in white, each containing a cluster of flowers. The urn is supported by a pedestal foot with two clusters of flowers in gold.
- Object name:
- POTPOURRI VASE WITH COVER (POT-POURRI "POMPADOUR"), ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1759
- Size:
- 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.78.1-2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 (pot) Crossed L's, the date letter G for 1759, and L under for Levé (Denis), painter of flowers and birds 1754-1800; 4 incised
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973