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Factory: Henri-Florentin Chanou's Factory
Hard-paste porcelain cup and saucer painted in black on both pieces with a classical ruin, a landscape, and gilded borders.
Hard-paste porcelain painted in black enamel, and gilded. The cylindrical cup has a loop handle the lower part of which has a concave curve. The saucer is circular with sloping sides and a flat central area. The front of the cup is decorated with an approximately circular gold frame enclosing a landscape with a classical ruin. On either side of the handle there is an elaborate gold scroll motif. There are gold bands round the base and rim, and down the back of the handle. The saucer is decorated in the middle with a circular gold frame enclosing a landscape with a lake and classical ruins, and has a wide gold band round the rim.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSA
Method of acquisition: Given (1918) by Ralph Griffin, MA
18th Century, Late
Circa
1784
-
1785
Previously attributed to Strasbourg
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( black)
gold
Saucer
Diameter 14.8 cm
Cup Rim
Diameter 7.2 cm
Cup
Height 7.1 cm
Width 10.0 cm
Handle
Accession number: C.203 & A-1918
Primary reference Number: 73024
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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