Cup and Saucer
ca. 1755 (made)
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Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Hemi-spherical cup with low foot and ear-shaped handle. Round the outside of the cup and the underneath of the saucer are three groups of bunches of grapes and leaves, in relief, picked out in colours and supplemented with gilding. In the centre of the saucer is the figure of a "Chinese" standing beside a fantastic "Oriental" building, painted in iron-red, sepia, puce, green and brown, supplemented with gilding.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, decorated in relief and painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, decorated in relief and painted in enamels and gilt, Fürstenberg Porcelain, Brunswick, Germany, ca. 1755 |
| Physical description | Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Hemi-spherical cup with low foot and ear-shaped handle. Round the outside of the cup and the underneath of the saucer are three groups of bunches of grapes and leaves, in relief, picked out in colours and supplemented with gilding. In the centre of the saucer is the figure of a "Chinese" standing beside a fantastic "Oriental" building, painted in iron-red, sepia, puce, green and brown, supplemented with gilding. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Claude W. Heneage |
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| Accession number | C.22&A-1953 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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