WINE COOLER (SEAU À BOUTEILLE)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
About this object
The ground is turquoise-blue, on one side is an irregular panel reserved in white containing a cluster of flowers in natural color, on the other a similar panel containing three putti: two sleeping on clouds, the third carrying a basket of grapes, under each handle is a pear-shaped panel, each containing a spray of flowers.
- Object name:
- WINE COOLER (SEAU À BOUTEILLE)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1766-1899
- Size:
- 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.4
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Crossed L's and the date letter n (for 1765); also a hachet for the painter Pierre-Joseph Rosset, painter of flowers and landscapes (1753-1795)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973