Cup, Cover and Saucer
ca. 1775 (made)
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Covered cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Beaker shape with handle moulded as a twig with flowers and leaves. Ogivally curved cover with knob modelled as a flower. Painted with roundels containing Boucher-style putti in grey-green camaïeu against pink skies and framed by engraved gilt laurel wreaths. Scattered crimson-purple flowers with gilt foliage. Gilt dentil ornament at edges.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Cup, cover and saucer, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1775 |
| Physical description | Covered cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Beaker shape with handle moulded as a twig with flowers and leaves. Ogivally curved cover with knob modelled as a flower. Painted with roundels containing Boucher-style putti in grey-green camaïeu against pink skies and framed by engraved gilt laurel wreaths. Scattered crimson-purple flowers with gilt foliage. Gilt dentil ornament at edges. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs A. Cameron |
| Production | Painted in the style of J. G. Loehnig. Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1946, Pl. LV (c), p. 136. |
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| Accession number | C.60 to B-1909 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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