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

Meat Juice Cup and Cover

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The factory in Marieberg was established around 1758 by Johan Ludvig Eberhard Ehrenreich (1723-1803), Court dentist to Frederick I, who secured its direction under the privilege of the King. Initially, the factory, on the Marieberg estate on the island of Kungsholmen, Stockholm, built in 1760, manufactured fine tin-glazed earthenwares (faience), but in 1766 until his departure in 1769, the Frenchman Pierre Berthevin, who trained at the porcelain factory of Mennecy-Villeroy, introduced a soft-paste porcelain. The factory specialised in these spirally fluted pot à jus or custard cups, the earliest similar to those made at Mennecy. Between 1770 and 1783, Berthevin was succeeded by Henrik Sten from the rival Rorstrand factory, in Stockholm, and a chalky body was produced. From 1777 to 1778 a hard paste body was achieved.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Meat juice cup and cover in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Marieberg Factory, Marieberg, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Meat juice cup and cover in hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Spirally fluted and painted with bouquets and sprays of roses and other flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.9cm
  • Length: 6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Three dots (In blue)
  • Three crowns and the emblem of the royal house of Vasa (In black)
Credit line
Given by Mr Christian Hammer
Production
Made under Henrik Sten's period at the Marieberg factory.
Subjects depicted
Summary
The factory in Marieberg was established around 1758 by Johan Ludvig Eberhard Ehrenreich (1723-1803), Court dentist to Frederick I, who secured its direction under the privilege of the King. Initially, the factory, on the Marieberg estate on the island of Kungsholmen, Stockholm, built in 1760, manufactured fine tin-glazed earthenwares (faience), but in 1766 until his departure in 1769, the Frenchman Pierre Berthevin, who trained at the porcelain factory of Mennecy-Villeroy, introduced a soft-paste porcelain. The factory specialised in these spirally fluted pot à jus or custard cups, the earliest similar to those made at Mennecy. Between 1770 and 1783, Berthevin was succeeded by Henrik Sten from the rival Rorstrand factory, in Stockholm, and a chalky body was produced. From 1777 to 1778 a hard paste body was achieved.
Collection
Accession number
243&A-1866

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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