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TRAY FROM ROUND BOWL WITH COVER (PLATEAU FROM ECUELLE)

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:
TRAY FROM ROUND BOWL WITH COVER (PLATEAU FROM ECUELLE)
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
1769 (?)
Size:
22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.133.3
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