Tea Bowl and Saucer
ca. 1773-1775 (made)
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Tea bowl and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. The cup has no handle. Painted with stylised flowers and foliage in red, dark crimson, light blue, light green and gilding, red outlines and tendrils and brown and yellow spotted winding stems are noticeable gilt edges.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Tea bowl and saucer, possibly decorated by Louis-Victor Gerverot, made by Schrezheim porcelain factory, Germany, about 1773-75, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt |
| Physical description | Tea bowl and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. The cup has no handle. Painted with stylised flowers and foliage in red, dark crimson, light blue, light green and gilding, red outlines and tendrils and brown and yellow spotted winding stems are noticeable gilt edges. |
| Marks and inscriptions | A lion from the Dutch arms (Painted in underglaze blue) |
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| Accession number | C.3&A-1929 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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