TRAY FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER)
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The ground is pink, there are four pieces-a rectangular tray with a raising rim in openwork in a wave motif, a cream pitcher, covered sugar bowl, and a cup and saucer, the tray, creamer, and cup and saucer have each one panel reserved in white containing a landscape with small figures, the figures in the scene on the tray are flying a kite.
- Object name:
- TRAY FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER)
- Made from:
- Soft paste porcelain
- Made in:
- Sèvres, France
- Date made:
- 1758 (?)
- Size:
- 9 1/2 × 6 3/4 in. (24.1 × 17.1 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.93.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .1 Crossed L's and the date letter F and the caduceus mark attributed to Edmé Gomery, painter 1756-1758; Tray: marked in the paste ND and 60; Cup: Marked in the paste [transcription]; Sugar bowl and cover: Bowl is marked [transcription] in the paste; Marked in blue on the bottom with the crossed L's, the date letter F and the caduceus for Gomery
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973