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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
ca. 1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer, porcelain, straight sided, chinoiserie decoration painted in enamels and gilt on a purplish-brown ground. Rim hole.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSoucoupe (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Saucer, porcelain, Chinoiserie decoration painted in enamels and gilt, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, about 1785
Physical description
Saucer, porcelain, straight sided, chinoiserie decoration painted in enamels and gilt on a purplish-brown ground. Rim hole.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 12.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's (Maker's mark surmounted by crown, all in red enamel)
  • a triangle (Painter's mark in red enamel for Dieu)
  • 'Sc' (incised)
  • 'da' (incised)
Credit line
Given by James Falcke
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Dawson, Aileen: Sèvres Porcelain in the V&A: New Light on some Eighteenth Century Hard-Paste Rarities, French Porcelain Society Journal, Vol. II, 2005, pp. 1-13.
Collection
Accession number
C.759A-1925

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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