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(Tasse) gobelet Bouillard

Cup
ca. 1752-1753 (made)
Artist/Maker
Vincennes Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Vielliard, André-Vincent (Père) (painter)
Place of origin
Vincennes (made)

Teacup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a plain loop handle. A panel edged in gold and reserved against a yellow ground containing a boy in bleu camaïeusitting on the ground and suspending a bunch of grapes from a broken branch.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Ceramics
Porcelain
SCRAN
Object type
Cup
Title(Tasse) gobelet Bouillard (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Soft Paste Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Teacup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Vielliard, Vincennes porcelain factory, Vincennes, ca. 1752-1753.
Physical description
Teacup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a plain loop handle. A panel edged in gold and reserved against a yellow ground containing a boy in bleu camaïeusitting on the ground and suspending a bunch of grapes from a broken branch.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.2cm
  • Diameter: 7.3cm
  • Maximum width: 9.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's enclosing a dot, with one dot below (Maker's mark in blue enamel)
  • a label (heraldic sign for the eldest son) in blue enamel for Vielliard (Painter's mark in blue enamel)
  • wp (Incised)
  • D (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Production
Porcelaine de Vincennes, Paris 1977, cat no 326
Subjects depicted
Boy
En Camaieu
Branch
Grapes
Bibliographic references
  • Exh. Porcelaines de Vincennes, Paris 1977-8, cat. no. 326.
  • Peters, David. An examination of Vincennes and early Sèvres date letters. The French Porcelain Society, A transcript of the talk given at the French Porcelain Society Study Day on 17 June 2014. London, 2014. Following a detailed analysis of the factory archives, Peters suggests a new reading of the early date letters. As part of this study, he examines the Vincennes Sales Register entries 1753, 1754 and 1755 for all yellow ground items (p. 15). P. 16 he reviews the group of yellow items previously published by Préaud and d'Albis (La Porcelaine de Vincennes - see below), including this cup: 'The last item shown, a gobelet Bouillard, in the Victoria & Albert Museum with monochrom children with flesh-coloured face, legs and arms is a style of decoration from later in 1754, although this item has crossed Ls with dots and no date letter. This might indicate a marking aberration, but, apart from the mark, the style of painting and large gilt dentils do not suggest Vincennes decoration and it is not universally accepted as genuine. The V & A cup can be contrasted with an A-dated jug in the Wadsworth Atheneum: this jug appears to be identifiable with a pot a lait with 'enf camay chaires coloriés' bought as part of a set on 23 December 1754 and from Firing 9 of July to September 1754. The style of decoration is a distinct step on from the Firing 6 items with monochrome children.'
  • Tamara Préaud and Antoine d’Albis, La Porcelaine de Vincennes, Editions Adam Biro, Paris, 1991. This cup is illustrated and discussed pp 122-3, cat. no. 44
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.1381-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
Record URL
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