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PLATE, ONE OF 20

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

This plate belongs to a set of 20. The decoration is the same on all the plates, with only slight variations. The ground is turquoise-blue. In the center is a cluster of flowers and fruit on a white ground. On the rim three cabbage leaves reserved in white each containing on exotic bird in a landscape. In betweeen them areas of turquoise-blue are decorated with garlands of flowers in gold.

Object name:
PLATE, ONE OF 20
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.138.4
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK Crossed L's and L inside; T and a dot over it; illegible incised mark; L - 1764 . T - ?
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973