Cup, Cover and Saucer
ca. 1780-1790 (made)
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Cup, cover and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Ogivally curved cup with profiled angular handle. The cover knob as a bronzed and gilt laurel wreath. The cover painted with an oval of putti emblematic of painting honoured, the cup with a portrait of Angelica Kauffmann, probably from the engraving by F. Bartolozzi after Sir Joshua Reynolds. On the saucer there is a representation of Ariadne deserted by Theseus in the Island of Naxos, Cupid weeping at her feet, probably from the engraving by E. G. Krüger after the painting by Angelica Kauffmann in the Dresden gallery. Green, red and engraved gold borders including roses and guilloche ornament.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Cup, cover and saucer, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen, Gemany, ca. 1780-1790 |
| Physical description | Cup, cover and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Ogivally curved cup with profiled angular handle. The cover knob as a bronzed and gilt laurel wreath. The cover painted with an oval of putti emblematic of painting honoured, the cup with a portrait of Angelica Kauffmann, probably from the engraving by F. Bartolozzi after Sir Joshua Reynolds. On the saucer there is a representation of Ariadne deserted by Theseus in the Island of Naxos, Cupid weeping at her feet, probably from the engraving by E. G. Krüger after the painting by Angelica Kauffmann in the Dresden gallery. Green, red and engraved gold borders including roses and guilloche ornament. |
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| Object history | From Ralph Bernal Collection (Bohn, 1876 reprint of Catalogue of 1855, L.6, no. 65). |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1946, Pl. LVII (b), pp. 136-7. |
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| Accession number | 1958 to B-1855 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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