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

(Tasse) gobelet Calabre

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

Cup, soft-paste porcelain, plain loop handle, decorated with a pastoral scene of young lovers, the boy surprises his love seated on a grassy bank by draping a flower garland around her arm and neck, painted in enamels and with gilt on a bleu nouveau ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title(Tasse) gobelet Calabre (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Cup, porcelain decorated with pastoral scenes painted in enamels, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1770s
Physical description
Cup, soft-paste porcelain, plain loop handle, decorated with a pastoral scene of young lovers, the boy surprises his love seated on a grassy bank by draping a flower garland around her arm and neck, painted in enamels and with gilt on a bleu nouveau ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Diameter: 7.4cm
  • Maximum width: 10cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's (Maker's mark in blue enamel)
  • 'LG' (Painter's mark in blue enamel for Le Guay)
  • '*'
Credit line
Bequeathed by John Jones
Object history
John Jones Bequest, cat. no. 164
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
774-1882

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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