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Cup and Saucer

ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Hemi-spherical cup with low foot and ear-shaped handle. Round the outside of the cup and the underneath of the saucer are three groups of bunches of grapes and leaves, in relief, picked out in colours and supplemented with gilding. In the centre of the saucer is the figure of a "Chinese" standing beside a fantastic "Oriental" building, painted in iron-red, sepia, puce, green and brown, supplemented with gilding.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, decorated in relief and painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, decorated in relief and painted in enamels and gilt, Fürstenberg Porcelain, Brunswick, Germany, ca. 1755
Physical description
Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Hemi-spherical cup with low foot and ear-shaped handle. Round the outside of the cup and the underneath of the saucer are three groups of bunches of grapes and leaves, in relief, picked out in colours and supplemented with gilding. In the centre of the saucer is the figure of a "Chinese" standing beside a fantastic "Oriental" building, painted in iron-red, sepia, puce, green and brown, supplemented with gilding.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'F' in underglaze blue
  • '3' impressed
Credit line
Bequeathed by Claude W. Heneage
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.22&A-1953

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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