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