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

(Tasse) gobelet litron, 3rd size

Cup
1778 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a loop handle. Decorated with gilt bands on a white ground, and with an oval panel with a shepherdess and sheep in a landscape.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title(Tasse) gobelet litron, 3rd size (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Gérard and Boulanger, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1778
Physical description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a loop handle. Decorated with gilt bands on a white ground, and with an oval panel with a shepherdess and sheep in a landscape.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.8cm
  • Diameter: 5.3cm
  • Maximum width: 7.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's with date letter 'AA' (Maker's mark in blue-green enamel)
  • 'GD' (Painter's mark in blue-green enamel for Gerard fils)
  • 'B' (Painter's mark in blue enamel for Boulanger père)
  • 42 (Incised)
  • 9 (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • cf, Cup & saucer Circ.778&a-1956
  • See Ceramics and Glass Collection Object Information file
Collection
Accession number
C.1356-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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