(Tasse) gobelet Calabre
Cup
1768 (made)
1768 (made)
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Cup, soft-paste porcelain, plain loop handle, decorated with pastoral scenes painted in enamels and with gilt on a vert pomme ground. Rim hole.
Object details
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| 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, 1768 |
| Physical description | Cup, soft-paste porcelain, plain loop handle, decorated with pastoral scenes painted in enamels and with gilt on a vert pomme ground. Rim hole. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
| Object history | John Jones Bequest, Cat. no. 129. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Savill, Rosalind. The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain, 3 vols. London: Trustees of the Wallace Collection, 1988. See C293, a vase with decoration derived from the same source as that on the cup: a seated boy holding the string of a bird-catching net, a girl leaning on his knees, copied from the engraving La Pipée by G. Demarteau after Boucher. |
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| Accession number | 778-1882 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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