Plate (Assiette à cordonnet)
Cleveland Museum of Art

Plate (Assiette à cordonnet)

Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756) · c. 1752

soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Madame de Pompadour, official mistress of French King Louis XV, bought 36 plates with this form and type of decoration on May 23, 1753, attesting to its popularity among French royals.

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