SHELL SHAPED DISH (COMPOTIER À COQUILLE), ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room

About this object

The ground is pink, in the center, on white, is a cluster of flowers and fruits in color, the inner edge of the rim is outlined by gold scalloped feathering, on the rim are three panels reserved in white, each containing two exotic birds in a landscape, and framed by gold flower sprays and small curved areas of lattice.

Object name:

SHELL SHAPED DISH (COMPOTIER À COQUILLE), ONE OF TWO

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

18th c.-19th c.

Size:

8 5/8 × 8 5/8 in. (21.9 × 21.9 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.104.1

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK; MONOGRAM .1 Crossed L's, the date letter Z for 1777 (?) and a fleurette, a mark sometimes given to Choisy, painter of flowers, 1770-1812 (?); Also with the cipher DB (Madame Du Barry ?), the D in gold, the B in flowers; gg incised

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973