Dessert dish
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1792 - 1799
Materials
Soft paste porcelain
Measurements
266 mm (W)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1296717.1
Summary
Dish (compotière oval), one of a pair, soft-paste porcelain, of shaped oval section, painted with a centre reserve of a ribbon-tied bouquet of roses, an inner gilt edge within a bleu céleste nouveau border bearing gilt floral swags, inscribed in blue enamel ‘Sevres’ over the painters mark ‘Y’ for Edmé-François Bouillat pére, and in gold ‘2000’ for the gilder Vincent jeune, Sèvres, Republican period, c. 1792-99, probably 1797.
Marks and inscriptions
Serves / Y (inscribed in blue enamel on base); 2000 (painted in gold on base)
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , manufacturer