WINE GLASS COOLER FROM THE MORGAN SERVICE, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage

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:

WINE GLASS COOLER FROM THE MORGAN SERVICE, ONE OF TWO

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

1769

Size:

11 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (29.2 × 21 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.149.88

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK Crossed L's, the date letter Q for 1769, and P with a comma- the mark of Pierre "jeune" (Jean-Jacques), painter of flowers 1763-1800

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973