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Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

The ground is turquoise-blue, the center of the plate is painted with a bust portrait of a woman identified in the back as "Mme de Grafini", the portrait is framed by two sprays of leaves and flowers in gold and a garland of flowers in natural color intertwined by a turquoise ribbon, the scalloped rim has raised scrolls and flowers in gold on a turquoise ground.

Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
24 cm (9 7/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.217.2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK; INSCRIPTION .2 Crossed L's the date letter L and L for the painter, in blue; CT incised; Also inscribed in blue: Mme. de Grafini
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973