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

Tasse gauffree

Cup
1764 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sèvres Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
France (made)

Cup, soft-paste porcelain, floral decoration painted in enamels on a white ground. Plain loop handle.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Ceramics
Porcelain
Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
Drinking
SCRAN
Object type
Cup
TitleTasse gauffree (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Soft-Paste Porcelain
Moulded
Brief description
Cup, 'Tasse gauffree', soft-paste porcelain, floral decoration painted in enamels on a white ground, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1764
Physical description
Cup, soft-paste porcelain, floral decoration painted in enamels on a white ground. Plain loop handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.8cm
  • Diameter: 7.8cm
  • Maximum width: 10.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's, enclosing letter 'L' (Maker's mark, in blue enamel with date letter ('L'))
  • 'P' (Painter's mark, in script and in blue enamel for unknown, possibly N.L.-Petit)
  • LF (incised)
  • *
Object history
Bought from the Bandinel Collection.
Subject depicted
Floral
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
3537-1853

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O98963/tasse-gauffree-cup-sèvres-porcelain-factory/
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