Short, cylindrical cup (a) with scroll handle; light blue enamel and gilded decoration consisting of overlapping semi-circular fan motifs with blue centers and gilded parallel lines, and narrow bands of gold oak leaves on blue diaper ground at mouth and base. Saucer (b) with everted rim decorated en suite with cup.
- By Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756, André Vincent Vielliard (père), French, active 1752 – 1790, Pierre-Théodore Buteux, French, active as painter 1765 – 1780; active as gilder 1773 - 1780, Antoinette-Marie Noualhier (née Huet), French, active 1762 – 1796
- Credit: Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund
- Rights: CC0
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Medium
porcelain (probably soft paste), vitreous enamel, gold
Genre
ceramics
Decorative Arts
cup and saucer
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