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

Service Des Officiers

Saucer
1835 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer of porcelain. White ground decorated with gold LP monogram.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleService Des Officiers (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with gilt decoration
Brief description
Saucer of porcelain, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1835.
Physical description
Saucer of porcelain. White ground decorated with gold LP monogram.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.8cm
  • Base diameter: 10cm
  • Height: 3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Ly 4-34' (Incised)
  • 'm' (Incised (in glaze))
  • Crowned 'LP Sèvres 1835' (In blue (overglaze))
  • 'Château d'Eu' (In red (overglaze))
Credit line
Given by Herminio Ruiz-Guillaume
Object history
Commissioned for use at Château d'Eu. Service des Officiers, various residences (Maison du Roi).

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited the Château d'Eu from 2nd to 7th September 1843.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
A selection of Sevres porcelain with monogrammes of Louis-Philippe and Napoleon III was in the Judith Howard Collection, Wooley & Wallis, 4th February 2020, lot 247
Other number
HR-G 22 - Donor's reference
Collection
Accession number
C.39-2007

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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