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PLATE, ONE OF 10

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Porcelain Room


About this object

The ground is turquoise-blue; the edge is slightly scalloped; in the center on a white ground is a cluster of flowers including two pink roses, and a mottled purple-yellow flower; on the rim are three oval panels reserved in white each containing a spray of flowers in natural color; each panel is framed with rococo scrolls and flanked with a spray of flowers, all in gold.

Object name:
PLATE, ONE OF 10
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
1768
Size:
24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.45.9
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .9 Crossed L's, the date letter P for 1768, and "P", for Pierre (Jean Jacques), the younger, painter of flowers 1763-1800; X incised.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973