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POTPOURRI VASE WITH COVER (POT-POURRI "POMPADOUR"), ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer) , Jean-Claude Duplessis (Designer)

On view in: French Porcelain Room


About this object

This covered urn has a turquoise-blue ground. The cover is domed, pierced with six oval holes surrounded by molded scrolls, and topped by a small white carnation. There are six similar holes on the shoulders of the ovoid body, and two shaped panels reserved in white, each containing a cluster of flowers. The urn is supported by a pedestal foot with two clusters of flowers in gold.

Object name:
POTPOURRI VASE WITH COVER (POT-POURRI "POMPADOUR"), ONE OF TWO
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
1757
Size:
10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.78.3-4
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .3 (pot) Crossed L's, the date letter E for 1757, and s over for Méraud (Pierre-Antoine), l'âiné, painter of flowers and borders 1754-91, gilder in 1790; 4 incised.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973