Plate
This plate comes from a service presented to Queen Maria Carolina, wife of Ferdinand IV of Naples. The initials CL are painted in the center of the plate because Maria Carolina, an older sister of Marie-Antoinette, was known as Charlotte Louise in France.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate
- Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
- Decorator: Figural decoration by Hileken (active 1767–74)
- Decorator: Gilded by Michel-Barnabé Chauvaux (French, active 1752–88)
- Date: 1773
- Culture: French, Sèvres
- Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions: Diameter: 9 9/16 in. (24.3 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund, 1972
- Object Number: 1972.23
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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