Tea Service
Artist
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
(French, founded 1756)
Dateabout 1752
Mediumsoft paste porcelain
Dimensions12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineTheodore T. and Mary G. Ellis Collection
Object number1940.249
DescriptionGroup of six (6) objects for a tea service. Faux-lapis ground fluted. Blue and white vertical bands decorated respectively with gold entwined around blue band and abstract gold design, and the white decorated with green sprays with red berries and/or flowers. Incised mark:ProvenanceTheodore T. and Mary G. Ellis, Worcester, MA. Collection Paul Kron, #27, 1926. Ellis Collection, 1940.
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