DIAMOND SHAPE DISH, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer) , Jacques-François Micaud père (Painter)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The ground is in turquoise-blue, each dish has a raising rim in openwork with a scalloped edge and stylized motifs painted in turquoise, white, and gold, the dish has in the center a diamond shaped panel reserved in white with a painted cluster of fruit and flowers including two pomegranates, surrounded by a gold rococo frame with floral sprays and scrolled palm fronds enclosing sections of lattice.
- Object name:
- DIAMOND SHAPE DISH, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1778
- Size:
- 24.9 x 30 cm (9 13/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.16.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 Crossed L's, AA for 1778 and X for Micaud, painter of ornaments and flowers, 1757-1810; FM incised twice
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973