Cup and Saucer
ca. 1730-1735 (made)
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Tall slender cups such as this are often called 'trembleuses' and would have been given added stability by the pierced gallery attached to the saucer. They would have been of particular use for the ill or disabled people, or for anyone taking their chocolate propped up in bed or reclining on a sofa.
The colourful naturalistic flower decoration is typical of the 1730s when there was a vogue for decoration inspired by engravings after the artist Georg Hoefnagel (1542-1600).
The colourful naturalistic flower decoration is typical of the 1730s when there was a vogue for decoration inspired by engravings after the artist Georg Hoefnagel (1542-1600).
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 gilded |
| Brief description | Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels with flowers, gilded at the rims, made by the Du Paquier porcelain factory, Vienna, ca. 1730-35. |
| Physical description | Chocolate cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels with sprays of naturalistic cut flowers in pink, orange and blue, including roses and convolvulus, and gilded at the rims. |
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| Summary | Tall slender cups such as this are often called 'trembleuses' and would have been given added stability by the pierced gallery attached to the saucer. They would have been of particular use for the ill or disabled people, or for anyone taking their chocolate propped up in bed or reclining on a sofa. The colourful naturalistic flower decoration is typical of the 1730s when there was a vogue for decoration inspired by engravings after the artist Georg Hoefnagel (1542-1600). |
| Bibliographic reference | Kräftner, Johann,ed. Baroque Luxury Porcelain: The Manufacturers of Du Paquier in Vienna and of Carlo Ginori in Florence, with text by Claudia Lehner-Jobst, Andreina d'Agliano and others, Liechtenstein Museum, Prestel, 2005, p.285, no. 110 |
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| Accession number | AP.49-1872 |
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| Record created | March 17, 2009 |
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