SHELL SHAPED DISH (COMPOTIER À COQUILLE), ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
The ground is turquoise-blue, in the center, on white is a cluster of flowers and fruit, in each of three cabbage leaves ther are two exotic birds in a landscape, the turquoise-blue areas near the center are edged with gold bellflowers.
- Object name:
- SHELL SHAPED DISH (COMPOTIER À COQUILLE), ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- after 1788
- Size:
- 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.43.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Crossed L's, the date letter LL for 1788 (?), and a fleur de lys for Taillandier (Vincent), painter of flowers and small objects 1735-90 (?)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973