(Tasse) gobelet Bouillard, 2nd size thumbnail 1
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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

(Tasse) gobelet Bouillard, 2nd size

Cup
1757-1758 (made)
Artist/Maker
Vincennes Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Yvernel, Pierre-François (painter)
Place of origin
Vincennes (made)
Sèvres (decorated)

Cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with blue and crimson enamels and gilded. 'C' scroll handle. The cup has a medallion edged with floral gilt scrolls and contains a Cupid among clouds en camaïeuwith emblems of civilisation. The medallion is reserved against a grand bleu lapis ground.


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Ceramics
Porcelain
SCRAN
Object type
Cup
Title(Tasse) gobelet Bouillard, 2nd size (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Soft Paste Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with blue and crimson enamels and gilded, possibly painted by Yvernel, probably made at Vincennes porcelain factory, decorated at Sèvres, 1757-1758.
Physical description
Cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with blue and crimson enamels and gilded. 'C' scroll handle. The cup has a medallion edged with floral gilt scrolls and contains a Cupid among clouds en camaïeuwith emblems of civilisation. The medallion is reserved against a grand bleu lapis ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.1cm
  • Diameter: 6.1cm
  • Maximum width: 8.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's with date letter 'E' (Maker's mark in underglaze blue)
  • An arrow and circle (Painter's mark in pink enamel for unknown)
  • N (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Object history
Goes with saucer C.1364A-1919.
Production
Acquired as Vincennes decorated at Sèvres
Subjects depicted
Cupid
Clouds
Emblems
Medallion
Scrolls
Flowers
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.1364-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
Record URL
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