TRAY FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER "LOSANGE")
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
The ground is light blue with oeil de perdrix, the tray is lozenge-shaped, on each piece is a medallion reserved in white framed by a plain gold band, containing a landscape variuosly with a body of water, buildings in the distance and small figurines, on the rim of the tray and the saucers there are also plain white panels through which passes a vine with red berries, the creamer and the cups also have this vine on a white ground.
- Object name:
- TRAY FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER "LOSANGE")
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1770
- Size:
- 10 5/8 × 13 3/4 in. (27 × 34.9 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.147.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 (tray) Crossed L's; no incised mark
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973