ROUND DEEP DISH, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage

About this object

The ground is turquoise-blue. In the center, on a white ground is a putto seated on clouds squeezing grapes into a cup sorrounded by a looped ribbon forming four curves, each containing a floral spray in natural color. The rim is turquoise-blue and has four oval panels reserved in white each containing a floral spray and framed by gold vine scrolls. The outside of the rim is painted just like the inside.

Object name:

ROUND DEEP DISH, ONE OF TWO

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

18th c.-19th c.

Size:

21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.70.1

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK Crossed L's in gold and painters mark (crossed pairs of paralell lines forming a lozenge), for Chavaux, painter and gilder 1752-1788 ??; also illegible incised mark

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973