CREAMER FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The ground is pink; there are four pieces- a rectangular tray with a raising rim in openwork in a wave motif; a cream pitcher, covered sugar bowl, and a cup and saucer; the tray, creamer, and cup and saucer have each one panel reserved in white containing a landscape with small figures; the figures in the scene on the tray are flying a kite.
- Object name:
- CREAMER FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1758 (?)
- Size:
- 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.93.6
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .6 Crossed L's the date letter F for 1758, and the caduceus mark attributed to Edmé Gomery, painter 1756-1758.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973