Porcelain epergne with three tiers of plates ascending in size each separated by a vase shaped stand, the highest terminates in a scrolled heart shaped cartouche finial. White glaze body with raspberry and gold banded edges and gold monogrammed "P"s on the foot and the two middle plate separators.
epergnes
porcelain
Epergne
"CH.PILLIVUTY & Cie / PARIS / EXP. 1867 / MEDAILLE D'OR" (Red glaze mark within a circle)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
FD162
Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)
16 1/2 (H), 9 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3093.332
Mehun-sur-Yèvre (Cher, Centre region, France)
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