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PLATE FROM THE ROHAN SERVICE, ONE OF 30

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

The ground is turquoise-blue; the edge is slightly scalloped; in the center on a white ground is the monogram PLR in leafy script in two tones of gold, (for Prince Louis de Rohan) sorrounded by a wreath of oak leaves and acorns springing from a broken section of a branch; on the rim are three oval panels reserved in white each containing one exotic bird in a landscape; between the panels are arching leaf scrolls and swags of oak leaves and acorns in gold.

Object name:
PLATE FROM THE ROHAN SERVICE, ONE OF 30
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
1771-1772
Size:
24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.66.28
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .28 Unmarked; X incised
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973