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

(Tasse) gobelet litron, 2nd size

Cup
1781 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Form: kicked loop handle and acanthus
Ground: bl.celeste
Decoration: pastoral interior


Object details

Categories
Object type
Title(Tasse) gobelet litron, 2nd size (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Soft-paste porcelain cup, painted and gilded with a rustic interior, made at Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1781
Physical description
Form: kicked loop handle and acanthus
Ground: bl.celeste
Decoration: pastoral interior
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.7cm
  • Diameter: 7cm
  • Maximum width: 9.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's in purplish bl.enamel with date letter 'dd' (Maker's mark)
  • 'VB' in purplish blue enamel for C.-G.-G. Buteux (Painter's mark)
  • 'HP' in bright blue enamel for Henri-Martin Prevost (Gilder's mark)
  • 40 (incised)
  • 6 (incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by D. M. Currie
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Rothschild Cat. no. 1589
Collection
Accession number
C.461-1921

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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