- Museum number
- C410.1
C410.2 - Object
- Cup and saucer, Meissen Porcelain Factory, hard-paste porcelain, about 1750
- Description
- Coffee Cup, part of a set with Saucer C 410.2, and a pair with C 410.3 and C410.4, German, Meissen, c. 1750. Hard-paste porcelain with relief decoration, painted in enamel colours with gilding, The tall cup on slightly spreading foot, straight sides, slightly flaring rim, small and slender moulded scrolled handle.The body of the cup decorated with three sprays of forget-me-nots moulded in relief, painted in blue, yellow and green, and between the relief sprays are sprays of European flowers and single flowers, gilt rim and gold detail on the handle.
- Materials
- Porcelain
- Inscription
- Crossed swords in underglaze blue
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Cup
saucer - Subject
- Floral
- Dimensions
- regular: 7.0cm (w)
Cup and saucer
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain, about 1750
C410
Decorative flowers range from the stylised to the botanically accurate. These Meissen cups and saucers (P247 and C410) are identical beneath their painted decoration. On one set the raised plum-blossom decoration is inlaid with gold and mother of pearl and imitates Oriental black lacquer. On the other the Chinese blossom is disguised as forget-me-nots and surrounded by sprays of naturalistic European flowers.
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