PLATE, ONE OF THREE
Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
Currently in storage
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:
- 24.95.3
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK .3 Crossed L's, the date letter M for 1765 (?) and W for Vavasseur (Francois), painter of flowers 1753-79 (?).
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973