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

Soucoupe

Saucer
1757-1758 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer, soft-paste porcelain, five lobes, indented well, small central landscape and general floral decoration painted in enamels and gilt on vert pomme and trellis ground. Rim hole


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSoucoupe (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Saucer, soft-paste porcelain, small central landscape and floral decoration painted in enamels and gilt on vert pomme and trellis ground, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1757-1758
Physical description
Saucer, soft-paste porcelain, five lobes, indented well, small central landscape and general floral decoration painted in enamels and gilt on vert pomme and trellis ground. Rim hole
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 12.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's enclosing letter 'E' (Maker's mark, in blue enamel with date letter ('E'))
  • 'L' in blue enamel, probably for Denis Levé (Painter's mark)
  • gc (incised)
Object history
Bought for £7 17s 6d from the Bernal Collection, with cup.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
1965A-1855

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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