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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 trembleuse

Saucer
1756-1757 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Form: deep well
Ground: bleu celeste
Decoration: still life
Rim hole


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSoucoupe trembleuse (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Porcelain saucer, painted in enamels and gilt, possibly made by Sèvres porcelain factory or Vincennes porcelain factory, France, 1756-1757
Physical description
Form: deep well
Ground: bleu celeste
Decoration: still life
Rim hole
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.4cm
  • Height: 4.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's in blue enamel with date letter 'D' (Maker's mark)
  • Factory mark in cursive style associated with L.-D. Armand (?)
Credit line
Bequeathed by D. M. Currie
Object history
D.M. Currie Bequest.
Production
probably 1756-1757; Considered 'chiefly a post-1765 shape' by the French Porcelain Society 1994
Collection
Accession number
C.432B-1921

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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