WINE COOLER (SEAU À BOUTEILLE)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
The ground is turquoise-blue, on one side is a medallion reserved in white containing three putti supported by clouds, playing with a flying bird, on the other a similar medallion contains a cluster of flowers, both have rococo frames with gilt floral decoration, under each handle is a pear shaped panel containing a spray of flowers.
- Object name:
- WINE COOLER (SEAU À BOUTEILLE)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 18th c.-19th c.
- Size:
- 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.88
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Marked with the crossed L's in overglaze blue and painters mark for Pierre-Joseph Rosset, painter of flowers and landscapes (1753-1795); both marks are almost completely effaced
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973