SAUCER
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)
On view in: Passageway to Icon Room
About this object
The saucer has a medallion framed in gold and surrounded by branches of gold oak leaves. Within this, painted in sepia, is a cenotaph. It is tall and stands on a square base. To each side is a woman in classical robes. On top is a small crown. The outer rim is gilded.
- Object name:
- SAUCER
- Made from:
- Porcelain
- Made in:
- Germany
- Date made:
- c. 1825
- Size:
- 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.51.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION Terris Luctus Gaudia Coelo on cenotaph
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973