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Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

Around the rim a turquoise-blue ribbon is looped five times forming curved frames for five curled sprays of flowers in natural color. In the center on each dish, on a white ground, is a cluster of flowers and fruit in natural color. The space between the ribbon and the edge of the plate which is painted turquoise-blue, is white and covered with gold oeil de perdrix.

Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
ca. 1790
Size:
4.4 x 21 cm (1 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.227.1
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .1 Crossed L's; 3I incised
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973