PLATE FROM THE BALLET RUSSE SERVICE

Made by: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory

Currently in storage

About this object

Decorated with a gold ground in the well with "incrusté" in raised enamel colors of a satyr playing pan pipes. The rim has a pattern of pine cones and pine needles.

Category:

ceramics, french

Object name:

PLATE FROM THE BALLET RUSSE SERVICE

Made from:

Hard paste porcelain

Made in:

FRANCE: Sèvres

Date made:

1913

Size:

23.9 cm (9 7/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

2008.6.2

Signature marks:

Mark S85 Bottom of plate In green within an oval frame Mark RF/Manufacture Nationale Décoré à Sèvres/1913 Bottom of plate In red within a red heart-shaped frame Mark Mimard d'après Maignan. Bottom of plate In light blue Mark GU 85 II PN Bottom of plate Incised

Credit line:

Gift of Hillwood Museum Collectors Circle, 2008

Featured in publication:

"Sèvres Then and Now: Tradition and Innovation in Porcelain, 1750-2000"