SAUCER (SOUCOUPE) 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:: SAUCER (SOUCOUPE) FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (DÉJEUNER)
Made from:: Soft paste porcelain
Made in:: Sèvres, France
Date made:: 1758 (?)
Size:: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 24.93.3
Class:: CERAMICS
Signature marks:: MARK .2 (cup): marks blurred and illegible. .3 (saucer) Crossed L's, the date letter F for 1758, and the caduceus mark attributed to Edmé Gomery, painter 1756-1758.
Credit line:: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973