Plate
Artist
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
(French, founded 1756)
Date1775
Mediumsoft paste porcelain
Dimensions24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineTheodore T. and Mary G. Ellis Collection
Object number1940.237
DescriptionTurquoise blue border (Bleu Celeste) with 3 kidney shaped reserves painted with birds in open landscape. Reserves surrounded by gold borders linked by gilded festoons of oak leaves. Center of plate contains garlands of laurel leaves entwined around a gilded circle enclosing letters LJDM in a monogram, for Louis-Jeane de Durfort, Duchesse de Mazarin (1735-1781).Crossed L, above B, all to the right of symbol/ /B is symbol for gilder Boulander Pere. Symbol/ /is for unknown decorator.ProvenancePaul Kron Collection, No.22 Theodore T. and Mary G. Ellis, 1927 Theodore T. and Mary G. Ellis Collection, WAM, 1940
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