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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Soucoupe

Saucer
1781 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Form: st.sided
Ground: bl.celeste
Decoration: cottage interior
Rim hole


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSoucoupe (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Soft-paste porcelain saucer, painted and gilded with a rustic interior, made at Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1781
Physical description
Form: st.sided
Ground: bl.celeste
Decoration: cottage interior
Rim hole
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 14.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's in purplish enamel with date letter 'dd' (Maker's mark)
  • 'VB' in purplish enamel for C.-G.-G. Buteux (Painter's mark)
  • 'HP' in blue enamel for Henri-Martin Prevost (Gilder's mark)
  • 98a (incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by D. M. Currie
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.461A-1921

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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