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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
1766 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

saucer, soft-paste porcelain, rounded form, decorated with birds painted in enamels and gilt on a bleu nouveau 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, decorated with birds painted in enamels and gilt on a bleu nouveau ground, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, 1766
Physical description
saucer, soft-paste porcelain, rounded form, decorated with birds painted in enamels and gilt on a bleu nouveau ground. Rim hole.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's with date letter 'N' (Maker's mark, in blue enamel with date letter 'N')
  • a dagger in blue enamel for Étienne Evans (Painter's mark, in blue enamel for Étienne Evans)
  • 'S' backwards (incised)
Object history
Bought for £20.00 from the Bond Collection.
Subject depicted
Associated object
520-1875 (Set)
Collection
Accession number
520A-1875

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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