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:

24.179.2

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK .2 Crossed L's, the date letter R for 1770 (?), and 2I incised.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973