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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
Sèvres Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
France (made)

Form: rounded saucer
Ground: vert pomme
Decoration: putti
Rim hole


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Porcelain
Ceramics
SCRAN
Object type
Saucer
TitleSoucoupe (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Soft-Paste Porcelain
Brief description
Porcelain saucer, painted in enamels and gilt, made by Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1758-1759
Physical description
Form: rounded saucer
Ground: vert pomme
Decoration: putti
Rim hole
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 13.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's in blue enamel with date letter 'D' (Maker's mark)
  • 'M' in blue enamel for unknown (Painter's mark)
Credit line
Bequeathed by D. M. Currie
Object history
D.M. Currie Bequest.
Subject depicted
Putti
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.455A-1921

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O100051/soucoupe-saucer-sèvres-porcelain-factory/
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