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COVERED BOWL (ECUELLE ET SON PLATEAU)

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

The ground is pink, the bowl, cover, and tray, all have two panels reserved in white containing exotic birds in a landscape-on the bowl and tray-two birds each, on the cover one bird each, in the center of tray-one flying bird, all the panels are framed with curved leaf and flower sprays in gold.

Object name:
COVERED BOWL (ECUELLE ET SON PLATEAU)
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.115.1-2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .1 (bowl) and .3 (tray) with crossed L's and the date letter B for 1754 (?), and a mark in imitation of Chavaux's father mark, a gilder; .1 has 29 incised; .3 has 23 incised
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973