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CREAM PITCHER (POT À LAIT)

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

The ground is pink, the shape is called "helmet" which has a high handle, curved lip, and low pedestal foot, on each side is a panel reserved in white, shaped to conform to the shape of the pitcher, each containing two flying birds, and framed by a green band joined to the other one under the lip where threee large green bell flowers are suspended.

Object name:
CREAM PITCHER (POT À LAIT)
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
mid 18th-mid 19th Century
Size:
10 cm (3 15/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.111
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK Crossed L's and under the letters S V (?)
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973