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

(Tasse) gobelet Hebert

Cup
1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a double entwined foliate ended handle. Round the top is a border of diapered panels bounded by gilt palm branches with ropes of garland flowers dependent therefrom.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title(Tasse) gobelet Hebert (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1760.
Physical description
Cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a double entwined foliate ended handle. Round the top is a border of diapered panels bounded by gilt palm branches with ropes of garland flowers dependent therefrom.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.7cm
  • Diameter: 7.8cm
  • Maximum width: 9.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's with date letter 'h' (Maker's mark in blue enamel)
  • Astronomical sign for Mars (Painter's mark in blue enamel for unknown)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1369-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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