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 flowes and fruit, in each of three cabbage leaves two exotic birds in a landscape, the turquoise 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:
- 18th c.-19th c.
- Size:
- 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.44.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 Crossed L's and the date letter O within for 1767 (?) and nq and three dots forming a triangle for Niquet, painter of flowers and fruits, 1764-1792 (?); also x painted near foot and gp incised
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973