Museum number
P309A
P309B
Object
Cup and saucer, Höchst Porcelain Factory, hard-paste porcelain, about 1775
Description
Hochst cup with saucer, snake handle
Materials
Porcelain
Inscription
in undergla`ze blue (see card) I over I E; In underglaze blue (see card) incised under glaze on saucer IA
On display?
Yes

Further description

Simple name
Cup
Saucer
Dimensions
4.5cm (h) x 2cm (h)
Cup and saucer Höchst Porcelain Factory Hard-paste porcelain, about 1775 P309 Purchased 1939 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. Early pieces copied Chinese and Japanese designs: the so-called Indianische blümen [Indian flowers] of Meissen. Later, native European flowers, known at Meissen as Deutsche blümen [German flowers] were copied from books of botanical illustrations. In England, the Chelsea Factory produced many striking pieces moulded in the forms of flowers, leaves and even vegetables.

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