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ICE CUP (TASSE À GLACE), ONE OF FOUR

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

The ground is pink with oeil de perdrix in gold and near the top a garland of laurel leaves in green; each cup has four irregular panels reserved in white each containing a single rose with scattered gold dots around the edge; inside the lip a band of leaf scrolls in gold with gold dots and lattice.

Object name:
ICE CUP (TASSE À GLACE), ONE OF FOUR
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.110.4
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .4 Marked in brown with the crossed L's, a crown for hard-paste (?), CD the mark for Desnoyers- Chaponnet, painter of flowers 1788-1804 (?); IN to the left for the gilder Jean Chavaux, the younger, 1765-1802 (?).
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973