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TEN SIDED DISH

Creator(s): Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Drawing Room


About this object

The ground is pink, on the rim are three oval panels reserved in white each containing a cluster of flowers and framed by gold flower sprays and small curved areas of lattice, the inner edge of the rim is outlined by running gold leaf sprays and flower clusters, in the center on white are painted three exotic birds in a landscape.

Object name:
TEN SIDED DISH
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Sèvres, France
Date made:
18th c. (?)-19th c.
Size:
23.7 cm (9 5/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.98
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK Crossed L's, the date letter R for 1770 (?), and 25 incised
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973