(Tasse) gobelet Hebert, 3rd size thumbnail 1
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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

(Tasse) gobelet Hebert, 3rd size

Cup
1764 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Round the top on a band of pink dots is a narrower band containing a Greek-key pattern in blue broken by four small circular medallions. Double entwined foliate ended handle. Decorated with a fret pattern and laurel wreaths.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title(Tasse) gobelet Hebert, 3rd size (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tea cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Thévenet père, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1764.
Physical description
Tea cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Round the top on a band of pink dots is a narrower band containing a Greek-key pattern in blue broken by four small circular medallions. Double entwined foliate ended handle. Decorated with a fret pattern and laurel wreaths.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.6cm
  • Diameter: 6.8cm
  • Maximum width: 8.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's with date letter 'L' (Maker's mark in blue enamel)
  • A pin (?) (Painter's mark in blue enamel for Thévenet pere)
  • FR (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1351-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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