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TEAPOT FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (THÉIÈRE CALABRE)

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

The ground is pink, the pieces consist of a covered teapot, covered sugar bowl, and four cups and saucers, the cups and saucers and the pot's cover have each one panel reserved in white, the pot, sugar bowl and its cover have each two similar panels. All pieces have the same decoration-a wreath of flowers which follows the shape of the panel, each is framed by extensive, vigorous gold leafy scrolls, the knobs on the covers are white flower heads in the round.

Object name:
TEAPOT FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE (THÉIÈRE CALABRE)
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
ca. 1758
Size:
12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.94.1-2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .1 (pot) marked in blue with the crossed L's,and with the fleur-de-lys of Taillandier (1735-1790) painter of flowers, both partially effaced; scrolly E incised
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973