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

Soucoupe

Saucer
1753-1754 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer, soft-paste porcelain, five lobed, relief decoration of polychrome flowers and relief decoration of flower festoons on a white ground. Rim hole.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSoucoupe (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Saucer, porcelain, relief decoration of polychrome flowers and relief decoration of flower festoons, Vincennes porcelain factory, France, 1753-1754
Physical description
Saucer, soft-paste porcelain, five lobed, relief decoration of polychrome flowers and relief decoration of flower festoons on a white ground. Rim hole.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 13.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's enclosing letter 'A' (Maker's mark, in blue enamel with date letter 'A')
  • the heraldic symbol for wood (?) in blue enamel for unknown (Painter's mark)
  • *
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3623A-1856

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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