- Museum number
- X1146A
X1146B - Object
- Cup and saucer, Sèvres Porcelain Factory, hard-paste porcelain, about 1780
- Description
- Coffee-Cup , with saucer X1146b. c1780 Hard paste porcelain.Gobelet, Litron dshape, ( Litron = old measure of capacity, see Erikson No. 45Rose pompadour (intro. 1757-1766) outlined with vaguely neo-classical decoration in gold. Panels of ' Chiniiserie' scenes in enamel colours and gold andcircular pale green panels painted with insects, butterflies etc. ( cf earlier Meissen)
- Materials
- Porcelain
- Inscription
- Sevres mark surmounted by a crown in puce (crown= usually hard paste (1769-98) and below L probably for Denis Leve (1754-1805), but Leve a flower painter
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- cup
saucer - Dimensions
- regular: 4.826cm (w)
Cup and saucer
Sèvres Porcelain Factory
Hard-paste porcelain, about 1780
X1146.A-B
At Meissen, the first European factory to manufacture true hard-paste porcelain, Johann Gregorius Höroldt developed a range of rich colours and created a series of delightful chinoiserie figure designs in the 1720s. Meissen dominated European porcelain design until the rise of Sèvres in the 1750s.
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