Cup

ca. 1735-1740 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup of hard-paste porcelain. Inverted bell-shape, standing on a vertical footring. On the front and back groups of "European flowers" in soft purple, iron-red, blue and yellow, on thick hairy green stems. Round the footring and inside the lip bands of plain gilding.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Cup, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Du Paquier porcelain factory, Vienna, Austria, ca. 1735-40
Physical description
Cup of hard-paste porcelain. Inverted bell-shape, standing on a vertical footring. On the front and back groups of "European flowers" in soft purple, iron-red, blue and yellow, on thick hairy green stems. Round the footring and inside the lip bands of plain gilding.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.6cm
  • Lip diameter: 7.1cm
Credit line
Given by Mrs M. Gross
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.73-1949

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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