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SAUCER FROM HANDLELESS CUP WITH COVER

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Porcelain Room


About this object

The ground is turquoise-blue with caillouté in gold, the cup and socketed saucer have each two panels reserved in white each containing a scene of a small boy in a landscape in the Boucher style, the cover has two panels each with a landscape.

Object name:
SAUCER FROM HANDLELESS CUP WITH COVER
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.34.2
Signature marks:
MARK .1 (cup) Crossed L's, the date letter I , and 17 incised. .2 (saucer) Crossed L's, and 40 incised; .3 (cover) unmarked.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973