SAUCER (SOUCOUPE) 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:
- SAUCER (SOUCOUPE) FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER "LOSANGE")
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- ca. 1770
- Size:
- 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.147.6
- Signature marks:
- MARK .5-6 (cup and saucer) Crossed L's in both; .5 has JB incised, .6 has 9 incised.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973