ICE PAIL WITH COVER AND LINER (SEAU À GLACE), ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Porcelain Room
About this object
The ground is turquoise-blue; the pattern is cabbage leaf enclosed below by a gold swag of flowers and leaves; panels on front and back each enclose clusters of flowers in color on white; smaller panels under the handles enclose each a landscape with two exotic birds. The standing rim of the cover has on the outside three cabbage leaves each with two exotic birds in a landscape and three inside each with a cluster of flowers and fruit; the bottom of the cover has three gold garlands linking the blue areas; the handles are rectangular; the pot rests in three bun feet.
- Object name:
- ICE PAIL WITH COVER AND LINER (SEAU À GLACE), ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 18th c.-19th c.
- Size:
- 16.8 × 17.1 cm (6 5/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.3.4-6
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .4 (pot) Crossed L's, and B d under- for Badouin, gilder 1750-1800 (?). .5 (cover) Crossed L's, the date letter R for 1770 (?)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973