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LARGE POT (MORTIER)

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

The ground is turquoise-blue. On each side is a large oval panel reserved in white, in one is a large cluster of flowers, in the other three exotic birds in a landscape. The inside of the rim is painted with turqouise-blue scallops outlined with gilt floral swags.

Object name:
LARGE POT (MORTIER)
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
17 x 22.2 cm (6 11/16 x 8 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.8
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK Crossed L's and the date letter S in pale green
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973