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

Soucoupe

Saucer
1758-1759 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On a vert pomme ground is a circular medallion edged with floral scrollwork and containing a landscape with a church, a stream, a fisherman and a sluice.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSoucoupe (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, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1758-1759.
Physical description
Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On a vert pomme ground is a circular medallion edged with floral scrollwork and containing a landscape with a church, a stream, a fisherman and a sluice.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's with date letter 'f' (Maker's mark in blue enamel)
  • A caduceus (Painter's mark in blue enamel for unknown, previously attributed to Gomery)
  • '*'
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1420-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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