TRAY FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER "LOSANGE")

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Porcelain Room

About this object

Tray is lozenge-shaped. Upon its white ground and broad borders of stippled gold (sablé) are painted blue and purple bell flowers linked by floral garlands. In addition, the tray is decorated with a narrow vine of leaves and berries. A cluster of flowers is painted in the center of the tray surrounded by a narrow vine of leaves and red berries

Object name:

TRAY FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER "LOSANGE")

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

1767

Size:

10 7/8 × 13 11/16 in. (27.6 × 34.8 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.132.1

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK .1 (tray) Crossed L's, the date letter O for 1767 and a comma for Meraud (Charles-Louis) the younger, 1756-80, painter of flowers, nosegays and garlands; L incised

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973