Cup and Saucer
ca. 1765-1785 (made)
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U-shaped cup with four moulded panels with floral decoration on a 'seeded' ground and with angular handle derived from Meissen, the thickly potted saucer similarly decorated on the underside but with plain interior.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Creamware (faïence fine), with moulded decoration |
| Brief description | Creamware cup and saucer probably made by Rambervillers pottery factory, France about 1765-1800 |
| Physical description | U-shaped cup with four moulded panels with floral decoration on a 'seeded' ground and with angular handle derived from Meissen, the thickly potted saucer similarly decorated on the underside but with plain interior. |
| Credit line | Given by Mr Montagu Yeats Brown CMG |
| Object history | Paper labels, mostly illegible but referring to Pont-aux-Choux and Chaffers Acquisition type: Gift |
| Production | Acquired as Pont-aux-Choux , late 18th century; relabelled c. 1760; examined by Jean-Luc Mousset (January 2000), who attributed it to Rambervillers, Lorraine; for a very similar cup and saucer, but with different handle, and attributed to Rambervillers, 18th century, see Dorothée Guillemé Brulon, La Faïence fine francaise, 1750-1867, Paris, 1995, p. 76; examined by Christian Maire November 2004, who considered it Rambervillers, c. 1769-1785. |
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| Accession number | C.680&A-1917 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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