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PLATE, ONE OF 16

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

In the center of each plate on a white ground is a cluster of fruit and flowers in natural colors; the rim is painted turquoise-blue and has three oval panels reserved in white each containing one exotic bird in a landscape, each framed with elaborate gold scrolls and floral sprays.

Object name:
PLATE, ONE OF 16
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.46.2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .2 Crossed L's, the date letter PP for 1793 (?), and a fleurette, the mark of an undetermined painter 1771-1795 (?).
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973