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SUGAR BASIN WITH COVER AND ATTACHED TRAY, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

The ground is turquoise-blue, the design is cabbage leaf, an oval panel reserved in white, framed by a plain gold band, and containing a painting of two exotic birds in a landscape appears on each of the two ends of the covers, on each of the two sides of the bowls, an on each of the two ends of the trays, between each pair of panels is an elaborate floral wreath tied with a ribbon bow all in gold. The handle of the cover is a plain gold knob.

Object name:
SUGAR BASIN WITH COVER AND ATTACHED TRAY, ONE OF TWO
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
23.5 × 14.9 cm (9 1/4 × 5 7/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.21.1-2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .1 (bowl) Crossed L's; EE and ap incised.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973