OVAL BOWL WITH COVER, 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, four leaves on the cover reserved in white-two on the sides, contain each one exotic bird in a landscape, and two on the ends have each a cluster of flowers, a cluster of flowers under each handle. Four leaves on the bowl-two on the sides have each two exotic birds, and two on the ends have each a cluster of flowers and fruit.

Object name:

OVAL BOWL WITH COVER, ONE OF TWO

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

18th c.-19th c.

Size:

15.2 x 10.8 cm (6 x 4 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.25.1-2

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK .1 (bowl) Crossed L's; L g incised

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973