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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Service des Princes

Teapot
1837 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot with cover of porcelain. White ground decorated with gold fillet, ivy frieze and LP in monogram surrounded by two branches of foliage.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tea Pot
  • Cover
TitleService des Princes (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, enamelled and gilt
Brief description
Teapot with cover, enamelled and gilt porcelain, French: Sèvres porcelain, 1837. Service des Princes, various residences (Maison du Roi), gilded by Jean-Louis Moyez.
Physical description
Teapot with cover of porcelain. White ground decorated with gold fillet, ivy frieze and LP in monogram surrounded by two branches of foliage.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 're 35-5 np' incised (Répareur's initials for Nicolas Alexandre PERCHERON)
  • 'M' (Incised (in glaze))
  • Crowned 'LP Sèvres 1837' (In blue (overglaze))
  • 'Château d'EU' (In red (overglaze))
  • 'M' (Gilder's mark in gold)
Credit line
Given by Eduardo Canel-Zanoni
Object history
Commissioned for use at Château d'Eu.
Subjects depicted
Other number
EC 14 (1+2) - Donor's reference
Collection
Accession number
C.16:1, 2-2007

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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