Sugar bowl, by Francois-Joseph Aloncle, Sevres Factory

An image of Sugar Bowl and Cover. Pot à sucre Calabre. Aloncle, François-Joseph (painter, French, act.1758-1781). Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. Painted in enamels in reserves each containing a bird in landscape, and gilded. Soft-paste porcelain, thrown and moulded, decorated with a green ground, painting in blue, very dark blue, shades of green, yellow, pink, red, pale purple, grey, brown, and black enamels, and gilding, height, whole, 10.2 cm (incl. cover), diameter, bowl, 8.9 cm, diameter, cover, 9.1 cm. The basin bears the date letter for 1769 but decoration was probably added later. Rococo.

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Sugar Bowl and Cover. Pot à sucre Calabre. Aloncle, François-Joseph (painter, French, act.1758-1781). Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. Painted in enamels in reserves each containing a bird in landscape, and gilded. Soft-paste porcelain, thrown and moulded, decorated with a green ground, painting in blue, very dark blue, shades of green, yellow, pink, red, pale purple, grey, brown, and black enamels, and gilding, height, whole, 10.2 cm (incl. cover), diameter, bowl, 8.9 cm, diameter, cover, 9.1 cm. The basin bears the date letter for 1769 but decoration was probably added later. Rococo.

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Accession Number: C.40 & A-1961
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 85
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 894 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 183.90kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2014:03:10 13:26:08

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