Sugar bowl cover
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1758
Materials
Porcelain
Place of origin
Sèvres
Collection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446301.1
Summary
Sevres small sugar bowl or sucrier cover of double ogee form with a finial shaped as a flower, the sides of the bowl each with a kidney-shaped panel painted with a bird in a landscape, the remainder with a green and gilt trellis, the interstices of which are filled with flower heads. Interlaced L's, date letter for 1758 and capital M mark perhaps for the painter Morin.
Marks and inscriptions
Interlaced L's, date letter for 1758 and capital M mark perhaps for the painter Morin.
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , manufacturer Jean-Louis Morin (1732-1787), artist