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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
ca. 1761 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rounded form with no indent. Rose marbre ground; decoration of birds. Rim hole.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSoucoupe (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Porcelain saucer, rose marbre ground and decoration of birds, Sèvres porcelain factory, France, ca. 1761
Physical description
Rounded form with no indent. Rose marbre ground; decoration of birds. Rim hole.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 11.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's (Maker's mark in blue enamel)
  • Four dots (Blue enamel painter's mark for Theodore Buteux)
  • crossed square (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Production
Considered a fake by David Peters 1999
Subject depicted
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.626A-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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