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Factory: Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue with stylised floral sprays
Soft-paste porcelain painted underglaze in blue. The cup is of truncated conical form with a single loop handle. The circular saucer has a flat central area, and sloping sides. The cup is decorated à la brindille with two stylised flowering sprays, and a small sprig. Down the back of the handle there is a wavy vertical line flanked by dots, and round the rim, a plain band. The saucer has a small sprig in the middle, three larger sprays on the sides, and a band round the rim.
History note: The Rev. G.A. Schneider; sold Sotheby's, 4 June 1942, Catalogue of European Ceramics and Glass comprising the interesting and extensive collection of the Rev. G.A. Schneider (decd) , p. 18, part of lot 84; Louis C.G. Clarke, MA
Given by L.C.G. Clarke, MA
Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
Louis XV
Louis XVI
Circa
1760
CE
-
1780
CE
Decoration
composed of
cobalt oxide
( cobalt-blue)
Saucer
Diameter 11.9 cm
Height 3 cm
Cup
Height 6 cm
Cup And Handle
Width 8.7 cm
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Accession number: EC.41 & A-1942
Primary reference Number: 76969
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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