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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

(Tasse) gobelet Calabre

Cup and Saucer
1754 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain, decorated with birds painted in gilt on a bleu lapis ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Title(Tasse) gobelet Calabre (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Cup and saucer, porcelain decorated with birds on a bleu lapis ground, painted in enamels and gilt, Vincennes porcelain factory, France, 1754
Physical description
Cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain, decorated with birds painted in gilt on a bleu lapis ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8cm
  • Diameter: 7.7cm
  • Maximum width: 10.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's with date letter 'A' (Maker's mark, in underglaze blue with date letter 'A')
  • '1' (incised)
Object history
Bought for 50.00 from the Bond Collection.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Peters, David. An examination of Vincennes and early Sèvres date letters. The French Porcelain Society, A transcript of the talk given at the French Porcelain Society Study Day on 17 June 2014. London, 2014. Following a detailed analysis of the records against existing pieces, Peters has suggested 'A’ is now for 1754, not 1753-4 as formerly thought.
Collection
Accession number
522:1-1875

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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