PLATTER (PLATEAU) FOR TUREEN
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Dining Room
About this object
Pastoral trophies and colorful clusters of fruits and flowers finely painted on a white ground and surrounded by gold frames enliven this tray. In the central medallion a bird cage and sheath of wheat are painted among other motifs. The tray, with its sinuous outline, has gilded scroll-shaped handles and leafy branches in relief.
- Object name:
- PLATTER (PLATEAU) FOR TUREEN
- Made from:
- Hard paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1783
- Size:
- 21 × 17 1/2 in. (53.3 × 44.5 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.134.3
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK The platter and pot were originally marked with the crossed L's, the crown and a date letter in gold, now almost entirely effaced. Each piece is also marked 2000 in gold for the gilder Henry-Francois Vincent the Younger (1753-1806). The marks were probably obliterated during the French Revolution. .3 (platter) with Bo incised- for Bono (Etienne-Henry), soft paste repairer (see also 24.134.6 and vase 24.15.3).
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973