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SMALL COSMETIC JAR (POT À POMMADE)

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

The ground is white, the shape is cylindrical, around the upper part of the body is a frieze of four fanciful blue vases containing flowers and connected by suspended swags of flowers in natural color, below, on one side is a cypher-a D in gold and a B in flowers, supposedly for Mme. Du Barry, the cover has the same frieze as the body, the handle is in the form of a peach and a leaf, formerly gilded.

Object name:
SMALL COSMETIC JAR (POT À POMMADE)
Made from:
Hard paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
20th c.
Size:
8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.135.1-2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK Crossed L's with F inside in underglaze blue; F - 1758 ??
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973