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