SUGAR BOWL (SUCRIER "MELISSIN") FROM THE SOUTH AMERICAN BIRDS SERVICE, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): J. F. C. Leloi (Designer) , Pauline de Knip (Painter) , Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Pavilion Hallway

About this object

This sugar bowl has two bold gilded c-shaped handles simulating sugar canes and ending with bees where they meet the top of the bowl. Each side is painted with a different hummingbird with a swag of seeds and husks hanging below them. The cover is flat and is bordered by stylized leaves and flowers; the knob is a gilded pinneaple. The flat tray has a narrow standing rim painted with stylized leaves and flowers outside and a wavy ribbon and tendrils inside; the center of the tray is painted similar leaves and flowers arranged as an oval medallion. All these borders and swags are in shaded dull rust red and gold.

Object name:

SUGAR BOWL (SUCRIER "MELISSIN") FROM THE SOUTH AMERICAN BIRDS SERVICE, ONE OF TWO

Made from:

Hard paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

1819-1820

Size:

4 1/4 × 10 in. (10.8 × 25.4 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.136.11

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK .11 (bowl) Marked in blue on the back with the crossed L's enclosing a fleur-de-lis and Sèvres, 20. Also inscribed in gold: MC. 15 juillet, and D.Y for the gilder Charles Christian Marie Durosey; S B incised. .12 (cover)

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973