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PLATE, ONE OF 22

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

This plate is part of a set of 22 plates, each one presenting slight variations in the fruits, flowers and birds depicted on them. In the center, on white is a cluster of fruit and flowers, including two peaches, some grapes and a blue flower, reserved in white; three cabbage leaves on the rim reserved in white, contain each two exotic birds in a landscape setting; the areas between the leaves are painted solid turquoise-blue with gilt floral sprays; gilt garlands close the openings to the leaves and feathers, gilt edging outlines the leaves and the outside of the rim.

Object name:
PLATE, ONE OF 22
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
25.4 cm (10 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.55.6
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .6 Crossed L's and F inside; S over L's; CT incised; F- 1758; S - Mérault (Pierre Antoine), painter and gilder 1754-91; CT is the mark of Collot, maker of soft paste 1755-1784
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973