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"Histoire naturelle des oiseaux" (1770-1786), by the influential French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, is the source for the birds on this and several other Sèvres services. ...

CUP (GOBELET "ÉTRUSQUE")

Cat. no.: 24.243

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 1793

"Histoire naturelle des oiseaux" (1770-1786), by the influential French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, is the source for the birds on this and several other Sèvres services. ...

PLATE WITH CAMEO PROFILE OF FLORE FROM THE "SERVICE À MARLI D'OR"

Cat. no.: 24.244

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 1813-1814

The plate has a round gold border with a burnished design of palmettes. In the center is a profile of Flore done in imitation of a sardonyx cameo.

PLATE WITH CAMEO PROFILE OF PALLAS FROM THE SERVICE À MARLY D'OR

Cat. no.: 24.245

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 1813-1814

The plate has a round border in gold with a burnished design of palmettes. On its center is a profile portrait of Pallas done in imitation of a sardonyx cameo.

PLATE FROM THE "SERVICE DES LILIACÉES"

Cat. no.: 24.246

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 1821

This plate is decorated with a bright pink flower identified in the border as "Velthimia glauque," or Western Cape Sand Lily. The end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century saw...

OVAL BOWL WITH COVER AND ATTACHED TRAY

Cat. no.: 24.24.1-2

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 18th c.-19th c.

The ground is turquoise-blue, the design is cabbage leaf, the cover has four leaves reserved in white, each containing a single exotic bird, on the bowl and on the tray two leaves have two exotic...

OVAL BOWL WITH COVER, ONE OF TWO

Cat. no.: 24.25.1-2

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 18th c.-19th c.

The ground is turquoise-blue, the design is cabbage leaf, four leaves on the cover reserved in white-two on the sides, contain each one exotic bird in a landscape, and two on the ends have each a...

OVAL BOWL WITH COVER, ONE OF TWO

Cat. no.: 24.25.3-4

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 18th c.-19th c.

The ground is turquoise-blue; the design is cabbage leaf; four leaves on the cover reserved in white- two on the sides, contain each one exotic bird in a landscape, and two on the ends have each a...

MUSTARD POT WITH COVER

Cat. no.: 24.26.1-2

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: Late 19th c.-Early 20th c.

The ground is turquoise-blue, on each side is an oval panel reserved in white containing a seated cupid-on one holding a spray of flowers, on the other playing a lyre. The cover is flat and has a...

MUSTARD POT WITH COVER

Cat. no.: 24.27.1-2

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: 18th c.-19th c.

The ground is turquoise-blue, on each side is an oval panel reserved in white containing a cupid-on one squeezing a bunch of grapes, on the other-with a quiver and painting upwards. The cover...

THREE PART SALT CELLAR, ONE OF TWO

Cat. no.: 24.28.1

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: c. 1770

The ground is turquoise blue, on the outer face of each section is an oval panel reserved in white, each containing a single exotic bird flying, the interior of each section is painted with three...

THREE PART SALT CELLAR, ONE OF TWO

Cat. no.: 24.28.2

Artist: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Date: c. 1770

The ground is turquoise-blue; on the outer face of each section is an oval panel reserved in white, each containing a single exotic bird flying; the interior of each section is painted with three...