Cup
ca. 1730 (made)
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Cup of hard-paste porcelain. Straight-sided, widening slightly from base to lip and standing on a vertical footring. On the front a bouquet of flowers in blue, pinkish mauve, yellow and iron-red, set in a brown basket, the whole enclosed in an elaborate baroque frame of strapwork, diaper and leaf-forms, in mauve, green, blue and iron-red colours, together with gilding and silvering. On the back, a spray of "Indian" flowers painted in mauve, yellow, blue and red, with green leaves and red stems. Inside the lip a dot and palmette border in red and silver, and round the footring a plain zigzag in red.
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Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, gilt and silvered |
Brief description | Cup, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, gilt and silvered, Du Paquier porcelain factory, Vienna, Austria, ca. 1730 |
Physical description | Cup of hard-paste porcelain. Straight-sided, widening slightly from base to lip and standing on a vertical footring. On the front a bouquet of flowers in blue, pinkish mauve, yellow and iron-red, set in a brown basket, the whole enclosed in an elaborate baroque frame of strapwork, diaper and leaf-forms, in mauve, green, blue and iron-red colours, together with gilding and silvering. On the back, a spray of "Indian" flowers painted in mauve, yellow, blue and red, with green leaves and red stems. Inside the lip a dot and palmette border in red and silver, and round the footring a plain zigzag in red. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs M. Gross |
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Accession number | C.74-1949 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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