Cup and Saucer
ca. 1745-ca. 1765 (made)
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Tall cup with ear-shaped handle on plain circular saucer with high foot rim, painted with floral sprays in blue and orange on a yellow ground
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours |
Brief description | Earthenware cup and saucer, blue and orange flowers on yellow ground, from Moustiers-Sainte Marie, ca. 1745-ca. 1765 |
Physical description | Tall cup with ear-shaped handle on plain circular saucer with high foot rim, painted with floral sprays in blue and orange on a yellow ground |
Credit line | Given by J. H. Fitzhenry |
Object history | Paper label on cup inscribed 'B.204 [?]' |
Production | Acquired as Moustiers or Montpellier; relabelled as Moustiers or Marseilles; for yellow ground pieces attributed to Marseilles and Moustiers see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Moustiers and Marseilles - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, pp 50-1, 88 and 103-4; for Marseille yellow ground pieces attributed to Fauchier factory see Danielle Maternati-Baldouy, Faïence et porcelaine de Marseille, 1997, cat. 108-113. For discussion of Moustiers and Montpellier see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, Moustiers and Marseilles - Sources et rayonnement, Histoire de la Faïence Francaise, Paris, 1998, p. 49-51. |
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Accession number | C.568&A-1909 |
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Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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