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

Sugar Basin

1763-1771 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar basin in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Straight-sided and circular on a low foot ring. Painted on either side with figures in Chinese dress. On one side is a man playing a lute, with a woman holding a parasol, and a child on a grassy bank in front of a low fence and shrubs. The other side has a man reclining on a bank and holding onto a parasol above his head as if to stop it blowing away. Between these scenes are sprays of flowers and leaves in gold. Gold band round the foot.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Sugar basin in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, probably painted by M-J Duvivier, Tournai porcelain factory, Tournai, 1763-1771.
Physical description
Sugar basin in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Straight-sided and circular on a low foot ring. Painted on either side with figures in Chinese dress. On one side is a man playing a lute, with a woman holding a parasol, and a child on a grassy bank in front of a low fence and shrubs. The other side has a man reclining on a bank and holding onto a parasol above his head as if to stop it blowing away. Between these scenes are sprays of flowers and leaves in gold. Gold band round the foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.5cm
  • Minimum diameter: 8.5cm
  • Maximum diameter: 8.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A tower (Painted in gold)
  • 'x' (Incised)
Gallery label
Gallery 128 Decant 2003 The similarity of the enamelling on this bowl to that found on some Chelsea gold anchor wares makes it tempting to suggest that the painter may be Michael-Joseph Duvivier, who worked at Chelsea from 1759-62 before moving to Tournai.(07/06/2004)
Credit line
Given by Robert Williams
Object history
Acquisition type: Gift
Production
The similarity of the enamelling on this bowl to that found on some Chelsea gold anchor wares makes it tempting to suggest that the painter may be Michael-Joseph Duvivier, who worked at Chelsea from 1759-62, before moving to Tournai (note in registered description).
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.154-1981

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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