IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 74181 accession number: C.29 & A-1935 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain decorated with blue enamel and gold over earlier decoration, probably underglaze in blue, signs of which are visible near the top of the cup and round the sides of the saucer. The cup is of truncated conical form with a harp-shaped handle. the circular saucer has a flat central area, and sloping sides. Both pieces have a blue ground with irregularly shaped reserves edged by gilt scrollwork. The ground is decorated with floral sprays, garlands, and scrolls. On the cup there are two birds perching together, and on the saucer, one perched bird, and one flying bird. There are gold bands round the base and rim of the cup, and round the rim of the saucer. The cup also has lines down the sides of the handle. Inside the cup on the base there is an accidental blue spot object type: soft-paste porcelain decorated with a blue enamel ground and gilding over earlier decoration, probably underglaze in blue title: cup and saucer NOTES ----- type: history note value: Uncertain before donor, Louis C.G. Clarke, MA LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Louis C.G. Clarke, MA STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/74181 TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1770 - 1790 creation date earliest: 1770 creation date latest: 1790 CREATORS -------- maker: uncertain CITATIONS -------- European Ceramic Art from the end of the Middle Ages to about 1815. A Dictionary of Factories, Artists, Technical Terms, et cetera La porcelaine française du XVIIIe siècle dans les musées Nord-Pas-de-Calais Porcelaine d'Arras, Legs Charles-Longuevergne, Caollection du Musée d'Arras 2009 Spring Fine Art & Antiques Feature Auction --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/C_29_1935_20_281_29.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/mid_C_29_1935_20_281_29.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/C_29_1935_20_281_29.jpg height: 570 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/preview_C_29_1935_20_281_29.jpg height: 188 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: 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