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