Soucoupe
Saucer
1767 (made)
1767 (made)
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Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Straight sided. The ground of blue celeste is trellised diamond-ways in gold round the slanting rim. Painted with a subject after Boucher 'Les Amants Surpris' in the centre, showing a pair of lovers under a woody bank with sheep at their feet, and spied by two others from behind a tree-trunk.
Object details
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| Title | Soucoupe (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Dodin, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1767. |
| Physical description | Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Straight sided. The ground of blue celeste is trellised diamond-ways in gold round the slanting rim. Painted with a subject after Boucher 'Les Amants Surpris' in the centre, showing a pair of lovers under a woody bank with sheep at their feet, and spied by two others from behind a tree-trunk. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
| Object history | Goes with cup C.1411-1919. |
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| Accession number | C.1411A-1919 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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