SQUARE DISH FROM THE MORGAN SERVICE, ONE OF FOUR
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The decoration of these wares is distinctive. Wide bands on all the pieces are in bleu Fallot covered with circles of gold dots and "incrusté" at wide intervals with clusters of various flowers, these bands are edged in gold on the inside, and on the outside with slightly molded white leaf scrolls alternating with stylized fan-like motifs, all touched with gold, the remaining areas, in white, are painted with scattered roses with leaves, either singly, in pairs, or just buds.
- Object name:
- SQUARE DISH FROM THE MORGAN SERVICE, ONE OF FOUR
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1771
- Size:
- 8 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (21.6 × 21.6 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.149.69
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Crossed L's and the date letter S within (for 1771), and the mark for Couturier (Claude), painter of flowers 1762-75; oo incised
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973