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COVERED JAR

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Second Floor Library


About this object

The ground is dark green, on the front is a panel reserved in white, painted with a cluster of flowers in natural color and framed by a plain gold band, a neoclassical motif in gold is repeated on the shoulder of the jar and on the lid, two small gilt handles.

Object name:
COVERED JAR
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
1867-1870
Size:
12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.163.1-2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK S 67, in green which has been marked out; N surmounted by a crown, "Doré a Sevres, 70" in overglaze red; incised mark (D 66 9 B) LABEL 165 [Underneath]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973