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