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SAUCER (SOUCOUPE)

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Porcelain Room


About this object

The ground is turquoise-blue. On both the cup and saucer is a medallion reserved in white containing a coat of arms composed of the crown-topped ermine mantle enclosing two eagles, a shield with the figure of a warrior angel, and a latin motto: "In Deo Spes Mea". It is the coat of arms of Prince Ivan Sergeevich Bariatinskii, Russian ambassador to the Court of Versailles fro 1773 to 1785. At the rim of each piece is a vine scroll in gold on white.

Object name:
SAUCER (SOUCOUPE)
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
1793-1794
Size:
4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.40.2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK; COAT OF ARMS Both cup (.1) and saucer (.2) are marked in blue with the crossed L's and the qq for the date 1794. .1 has 44 incised; .2 has 48 incised. Volkonsky crest
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973