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:

1 3/4 × 8 1/4 in. (4.4 × 21 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.227.2

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK .2 Crossed L's; 20 incised

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973