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Plat a grosseilles
Platter from the Louis XV Service
Plat a grosseilles
Made at: Vincennes Manufactory (France)
Probably designed by: Jean-Claude Duplessis (French, 1699–1774)
Probably designed by: Jean-Claude Duplessis (French, 1699–1774)
French
1754–55
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamels and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 4.3 x 26.7 x 38.7cm (1 11/16 x 10 1/2 x 15 1/4in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number1992.469
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionSoft-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels and gold. The lobed oval serving platter ("plat d'entree" or "plat d'entree a groseilles") has molded decoration along the rim in the form of scrolling vegetation and gooseberries. Bleu-celeste ground on rim with four reserves painted with trailing flowers.
Marks
Interlaced Ls in blue enamel, incised i
ProvenanceOrdered by Louis XV, King of France. By 1992, anonymous collection, USA; 1992, gift of anonymous donor. (Accession date: September 23, 1992)