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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Saucer

1768 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On a white ground covered with blue dots with circular medallions wreathed in gold and containing roses.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, possibly painted by Micaud père, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1768.
Physical description
Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On a white ground covered with blue dots with circular medallions wreathed in gold and containing roses.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 10.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Interlaced 'L's with date letter 'p' (In blue enamel)
  • A cross (In blue enamel, possibly for Jacques-François Micaud)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Object history
Goes with cup C.1392-1919.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1392A-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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