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TRAY (JATTE)

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Porcelain Room


About this object

The ground is pale blue, the shape is basically an oval, at each end is a kidney-shaped panel reserved in white, one contains a cluster of military trophies and the other contains a globe labeled Africa and Arabia with a variety of measuring instruments, in gold there is a scattering of flowers on the blue ground and between the panels on the rim a band of fretwork with oeil de perdrix.

Object name:
TRAY (JATTE)
Made from:
Hard-paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
1774
Size:
23.2 x 18.7 cm (9 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.150
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK Marked in grey: the crossed L's surmounted by a crown; the date letter V (1774); an anchor for Charles Buteux the elder painter of attributes and trophies, coat of arms and flowers, 1755-82
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973