CUP WITH COVER (GOBELET COUVERT)

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Porcelain Room

About this object

The ground is pale green, the center of the saucer is socketed to secure the base of the cup-a shape sometimes called a trembleuse, the front of the cup has a panel reserved in white painted with a bouquet of flowers in a basket on a stone ledge, the cover and the saucer have each two similar panels, the green areas between the panels have ribbon bows and floral garlands in gold.

Object name:

CUP WITH COVER (GOBELET COUVERT)

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

1778

Size:

3 7/16 × 3 9/16 in. (8.7 × 9 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.158.1

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK .1 (cup) and .2 (saucer) with Crossed L's, aa for 1778 inside, and C under, for Castel (Philippe), painter of birds and ornaments; .1 has incised 41 and 26; .2 has 37 incised

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973