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Plateau carre
Tray
Plateau carre
Made at: Sèvres Manufactory (France)
French
1768
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dedley Leavitt Pickmann
Accession Number34.1359
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionSquare tray (plateau carre) with flaring, openwork flaring sides of modified Vitruvian scrolls and conventional flowers in green, gold, and white. Nine medallions rose on white ground with gilt edge, in center.
Marks
Interlaced Ls enclosing date letter P [1768] in blue enamels. "y f" incised.
ProvenanceBy 1929, Dudley Leavitt Pickman (b. 1850 - d. 1938), Boston [see note]; 1934, gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 6, 1934)
NOTE: First lent to the MFA on September 5, 1929.
NOTE: First lent to the MFA on September 5, 1929.