SAUCER FROM A SET (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE), ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The ground is pink; the sides of the cup is straight, the edge of the saucer are plain; each piece has a panel reserved in white containing a single exotic bird in a landscape; each panel is framed by a plain gold band with gold flower sprays- on the cup two attached at the top and bottom, on the saucer four around the rim.
- Object name:
- SAUCER FROM A SET (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE), ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 18th c.-19th c.
- Size:
- 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.97.4
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .3 and .4 marked with crossed L's and the date letter R for 1770 (?); .1 has T incised.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973