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