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Saucer

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1846

GUSN

GUSN-173097

Description

Porcelain saucer with white body and painted polychrome decoration with gilt starburst in center surrounded by a Greek key border and a border of arabesques of foliage with oval reserves containing emblems and diamond reserves enclosing the royal cipher of Louis-Phillipe.

Details

Descriptive Terms

saucers (plates)
porcelain
Renaissance Revival
Saucer

Inscription

"SEVRES / 1846" (Blue glaze mark with interlocking Ls surmounted by a crown)
"CHATEAU / de / F.BLEAU" (Orange glaze mark of a circle with a crown at top)
"S.46" (Green glaze mark enclosed within an oval)

Associated Person

Louis Philippe, King of the French, 1773-1850
Marie-Amélie, Queen, consort of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, 1782-1866

Associated Building

Associated With Chateau de Fontainebleau,

Additional Identification Number

FD119

Maker

Sevres

Dimensions

3/4 (H), 4 3/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1866.2

Places

Sèvres (Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France, France)

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