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THREE PART CONDIMENT TRAY (PLATEAU À TROIS POTS À CONFITURE)

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

The ground is pink, the tray is roughly triangular, three covered cups are attached to the tray, each cup and each cover has two panels reserved in white each painted with a cluster of flowers and fruit. The tray has three similar panels, the knobs on the covers are gilded and shaped like a piece of fruit.

Object name:
THREE PART CONDIMENT TRAY (PLATEAU À TROIS POTS À CONFITURE)
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.113.1-4
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK Crossed L's and a triangle within, the mark for Capelle (Antoine), painter of friezes, ground colors 1745-1800 (?); B N... for Bulidon, painter of flowers 1763-92 (?); 24 a incised
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973