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Factory:
Marseille Porcelain Manufactory
Proprietor:
Robert, Joseph Gaspard
Hard-paste porcelain cup and saucer, painted in enamels and gold with figures in a landscape.
Hard-paste porcelain painted in greyish-blue, shades of green, pale yellow, and brown enamels, and gilded. The cup has curving sides, a single loop handle, and stands on a footring. The circular saucer has curved sides and stands on a footring. The cup is decorated with two men standing beside a monument in a landscape, and the saucer with two men sitting fishing beside a gravestone and a fir tree in a landscape. The rims of both pieces are gilt.
History note: Unknown before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Method of acquisition: Given (1932) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, Late
Louis XVI
Circa
1775
CE
-
1785
CE
Vignettes of asymetrical landscapes with small figures, standing, sitting, or fishing are typical of the decoration of both faïence and porcelain made in the Robert factory.
Decoration
composed of
enamels
( greyish-blue, shades of green, pale yellow, and brown)
Banding
composed of
gold
Saucer
Diameter 12.5 cm
Height 2.7 cm
Cup Rim
Diameter 7.5 cm
Cup
Height 4.5 cm
Cup Handle-rim
Width 9.4 cm
Inscription present: a stroke, widening at the bottom
Accession number: C.191 & A-1932
Primary reference Number: 82337
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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