Cup and Saucer
1822 (made)
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Hard-paste porcelain cup and saucer, a garland of blue flowers with pink buds and green leaves enamelled on a white ground. Gilt borders of formal ornament, the interior and Empire-style handle of the cup also gilded. Marked, signed and dated.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilded |
| Brief description | Cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain with blue flowers, pink buds and green leaves enamelled on a white ground, made by the Sèvres porcelain factory and gilded by Pierre Nicolas Richard, 1822 |
| Physical description | Hard-paste porcelain cup and saucer, a garland of blue flowers with pink buds and green leaves enamelled on a white ground. Gilt borders of formal ornament, the interior and Empire-style handle of the cup also gilded. Marked, signed and dated. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Marked, signed and dated) |
| Gallery label | 'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'
One of the first decisions taken by Alexandre Brongniart, when made director of the Sèvres factory in 1800, was to give up producing soft-paste porcelain, the material with which Sèvres had worked most in the previous century. This cup and saucer, made during the reign of Louis XVIII, has a shape, handle and gilding patterns which are 'Empire' in style, but the floral border shows the new fashion which favoured naturalism and less rigid forms.(1987-2006) |
| Object history | This cup was made during the reign of Louis XVIII (King of France and Navarre from 1814 until his death in 1824). The shape, handle and gilding patterns are still 'Empire' in style, but the floral border shows the new fashion which favoured naturalism and less rigid forms. |
| Historical context | One of the first decisions taken by Alexandre Brongniart, when made director of the Sèvres factory in 1800, was to give up producing soft-paste porcelain, the material with which Sèvres had worked most in the previous century. |
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| Accession number | 999&A-1853 |
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| Record created | March 15, 2006 |
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