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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Covered Cup and Saucer

ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cylindrical cup with low domed cover and flowering rose branch handle and cover finial, painted with flowers in pink enamel


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Cup Body (With Saucer)
  • Cup Cover
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours
Brief description
Earthenware covered cup and saucer with pink rose decoration, by Saint Clément pottery factory, France, ca. 1775
Physical description
Cylindrical cup with low domed cover and flowering rose branch handle and cover finial, painted with flowers in pink enamel
Credit line
Given by Monsieur Albert Bichet
Object history
Acquisition type: Gift
Production
Acquired as Niderviller; examined in 1931 by Hans Haug, Director of Strasbourg Museum, who suggested an attribution to Saint Clément
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.11 to B-1912

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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