The Louis XVI Service
Sèvres porcelain factory
Jatte à punch (part of the Louis XVI dinner service) 1788
RCIN 58042
Green Drawing Room, Windsor Castle
Soft-paste Sèvres porcelain jatte à punch. Beau bleu ground decorated with tooled gilt foliate scrolls, floral wreaths, trails and crossed branches; three oval reserves painted with scenes from classical Greek and Roman history and mythology. The reserves depict Tancred succoured by Herminia; the two Danish Knights, Charles and Ubalde, seeking for Renaud; and Herminia under the arms of Clorinda.