POTPOURRI VASE WITH COVER (POT-POURRI "POMPADOUR"), ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer) , Jean-Claude Duplessis (Designer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
This covered urn has a turquoise-blue ground. The cover is domed, pierced with six oval holes surrounded by molded scrolls, and topped by a small white carnation. There are six similar holes on the shoulders of the ovoid body, and two shaped panels reserved in white, each containing a cluster of flowers. The urn is supported by a pedestal foot with two clusters of flowers in gold.
- Object name:
- POTPOURRI VASE WITH COVER (POT-POURRI "POMPADOUR"), ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1757
- Size:
- 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.78.3-4
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .3 (pot) Crossed L's, the date letter E for 1757, and s over for Méraud (Pierre-Antoine), l'âiné, painter of flowers and borders 1754-91, gilder in 1790; 4 incised.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973