Sévres Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen
A close examination of the Louis XVI service of Sévres Porcelain in the Royal Collection.
SÈVRES PORCELAIN FACTORY
Moutardier and spoon (part of the Louis XVI dinner service)
1783-92RCIN 58044
Soft-paste Sèvres porcelain moutardier and spoon. Beau bleu ground decorated with tooled gilt foliate scrolls, floral wreaths, trails and crossed branches; oval reserves painted with scenes from classical Greek and Roman history and mythology. The reserve on the moutardier depicts the nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus.