CUP FROM A SET (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE), ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room

About this object

The ground is pink, the sides of the cup is straight, the edge of the saucer are plain, each piece has a panel reserved in white containing a single exotic bird in a landscape, each panel is framed by a plain gold band with gold flower sprays- on the cup two attached at the top and bottom, on the saucer four around the rim.

Object name:

CUP FROM A SET (GOBELET LITRON ET SOUCOUPE), ONE OF TWO

Made from:

Soft paste porcelain

Made in:

Sèvres, France

Date made:

18th c.-19th c.

Size:

2 3/8 in. (6 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

24.97.1

Class:

CERAMICS

Signature marks:

MARK .1 and .2 marked with crossed L's and the date letter R for 1770 (?); .1 has 68 incised

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973