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CUP

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Porcelain Room


About this object

The ground is magenta covered with oeil de perdrix reserved in white composed of a circle of blue dots sorrounding a gold dot in the center, on the cup two large medallions reserved in white framed with a gold border contain each a wreath of red roses and forget-me-nots, and a smaller medallion with a spray of cornflowers. On the front of the cup is a smaller medallion with a spray of red roses. The saucer has the same decoration with three large medallions alternating with three smaller ones, the oeil de perdrix is graduated smaller towards the center around a gold sunburst on white.

Object name:
CUP
Made from:
Hard paste porcelain?
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
1779
Size:
6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.155.1
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .1 and .2 Crossed L's and the double B for 1779, and the mark of Noel, painter, 1755-1804; The saucer (.2) incised 45 and the cup incised 36
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973