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ROUND BOWL WITH COVER AND TRAY (ECUELLE ET SON PLATEAU)

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Porcelain Room


About this object

The ground is white, the main decorative motif is a wreath of roses in natural color repeated within a wide band on each of the three pieces, the top and bottom of each wreath is cut off by the edges of the band, the panels with the roses alternate with smaller panels in dark blue each tooled with a star shape in gold, swags of leaves and berries appear near the bottom of the bowl and on the tray, the handles of the bowl are two intertwined twigs, and the handle of the cover is a group of twigs and berries painted on green and gold.

Object name:
ROUND BOWL WITH COVER AND TRAY (ECUELLE ET SON PLATEAU)
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
1769 (?)
Size:
11.4 x 13.5 cm (4 1/2 x 5 5/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.133.1-2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK Both the bowl (.1) and the tray (.3) are marked in puce with the interlaced L's, the date letter q for 1769 and S under for the painter of flowers and friezes, Méraud, the elder 1754-1792; .1 has o and an incised the paste and .3 has j.f incised
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973