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TRAY FROM COVERED BOWL (PLATEAU FROM ECUELLE)

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 bird 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:
TRAY FROM COVERED BOWL (PLATEAU FROM ECUELLE)
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.115.3
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