PLATTER
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
The ground is turqouise-blue. All pieces have two panels reserved in white and framed with gilt rococo scrolls. Each panel contains a single putto, each engaged in a different activity, painted in natural colors. The twig-like handles on the bowl and tray are white touched with gold; the cover has a pomegranate finial.
- Object name:
- PLATTER
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 18th c.-19th c.
- Size:
- 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.19.3
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .3) undertray with crossed L's; date letter O (for 1767) = painter's mark for Bardet (1751-1758) and B 76 incised.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973