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SMALL POT (SEAU à VERRE), ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage


About this object

The ground is turquoise-blue. On the front there is a medallion reserved in white with one seated sheperd with two dogs in a landscape painted in natural color. On the back a similar medallion contains a cluster of flowers. The handles are white picked in gold. The foot and top edge have a bnad of zig-zagging motifs also in gold.

Object name:
SMALL POT (SEAU à VERRE), ONE OF TWO
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.
Size:
10.8 x 11.6 cm (4 1/4 x 4 9/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.87.2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK Crossed L's and F inside and .... by foot rim; F- 1758?? .... Theodore, gilder ??
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973