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PLATE, ONE OF THREE

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

The ground is pink, the edge is gently scalloped, the white paste has been molded with wavy lines, some emanating from the center, and others on the rim along with the molded outlines of panels, in the center on top of the moulding are painted eight slightly spiraling flower sprays, and a single rose in the center, the rim has three panels reserved in white each containing a single exotic bird in a landscape, framed with gold flower sprays and curved panel with lattice.

Object name:
PLATE, ONE OF THREE
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c.-19th c.
Size:
25.4 cm (10 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.95.1
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .1 Crossed L's and the mark of Laroche (Jacques-Francois-Louis), painter 1759-1802 (?); CT incised
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973