- Museum number
- C394A
C394B - Object
- Cup and saucer, Sèvres Porcelain Factory, hard-paste porcelain, 1782
- Description
- Cup; with saucer C394.2Straight sided lilac ground, two horizontal bands outlined in gilt upper band has small bunches of pink roses and foliage wrapped around puce ? laurel band aginst a white ground lower band (beneath handle) of two rows of cornflowers on a white ground. Husks on handles in gilt dentil edge
- Materials
- Porcelain
- Inscription
- Seves mark in blue (see card)Buteux fils cadet (1773-1790 Landscapes and Flowers)
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Cup
Saucer - Subject
- Floral
Cup and saucer
Sèvres Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain, 1782
C394
Plants and flowers were a major source of inspiration for the designers of eighteenth-century porcelain. They were painted in underglaze blue, brightly coloured overglaze enamels or gleaming gold. In naturalistic rococo pieces moulded flowers and leaves form decorative finials, handles and even entire objects.
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