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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

(Tasse) gobelet Bouillard, 4th size

Cup
1771 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a scrolled loop handle. Decorated with a trellis diaper of strawberries and leaves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title(Tasse) gobelet Bouillard, 4th 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, possibly painted by Boileau le jeune, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1771.
Physical description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a scrolled loop handle. Decorated with a trellis diaper of strawberries and leaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.8cm
  • Diameter: 4.9cm
  • Maximum width: 6.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's with date letter 's' (Maker's mark in green-grey enamel)
  • A circle of dots (Painter's mark in green-grey enamel probably for Boileau le jeune)
  • Crossed square (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Object history
Goes with saucer C.1386A-1919.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1386-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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