CUP FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE, ONE OF FOUR

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, bowl and its cover have each two similar panels. All 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:

CUP FROM A TEA OR BREAKFAST SERVICE, ONE OF FOUR

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

ca. 1758

Size:

2 3/4 in. (7 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.94.7

Signature marks:

MARK .7 (cup) and .8 (saucer) are marked in blue with the crossed L's and with the fleur-de-lys of Taillandier, painter of flowers 1735-1790.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973