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Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

The ground is pink, on the rim at the top, and at the two lower corners are oval panels reserved in white each containing a cluster of flowers, framed by gold floral spryas and smalll curved areas of lattice, in the center on white are three exotic birds in color in a landscape, the inner edge of the rim is outlined by running gold leaf sprays and flower clusters.

Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
8 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (21.6 × 21.6 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.179.1
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .1 Crossed L's, the date letter R for 1770 (?), 3 dots (?), and 2I incised
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973