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:
- 21.9 x 21.9 cm (8 5/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.104.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK; MONOGRAM .2 Crossed L's, the date letter Z for 1777 (?), a sword-for Evans, painter of birds, 1752-1806 (?). Also with the cipher DB (of Mme. Du Barry ?), the D in gold, the B in flowers; 26 incised.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973