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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tea Cup

1858 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea cup of porcelain, decorated with crowned LN monogram for Louis Napoleon, Napoleon III, in gold with gold filets to rim and base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with gilt decoration
Brief description
Tea cup of porcelain, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1858.
Physical description
Tea cup of porcelain, decorated with crowned LN monogram for Louis Napoleon, Napoleon III, in gold with gold filets to rim and base.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 9.2cm
  • Base diameter: 4.5cm
  • Height: 5.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'u 58 6-B' (Incised)
  • 'P' (Incised (in glaze))
  • 'S.58.' in an oval, for Sèvres 1858 (In chromium green (overglaze))
  • Crowned 'N Doré à Sèvres 58' (In red (overglaze))
Credit line
Given by Herminio Ruiz-Guillaume
Object history
From a service made for Louis Napoleon.
Production
Napoleon III Second Empire
Subject depicted
Other number
HR-G 29 - Donor's reference
Collection
Accession number
C.45-2007

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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