15929997050001312637261000Standard Recordobject-82588170249422960715826357920001702494119290fitz-onlineadlib-object-82588https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82588eb57c5dc-b758-3da3-8618-4e72d7fdd6957referenceagent-178573adlib-agent-178573befe6c26-a2bf-316b-951d-7c34a7e277baGifford Scott, K. Mrsreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainblue, shades of green, yellow, orange dark pink, mauve, brown, grey, and blackreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationin blue, shades of green, yellow, orange dark pink, mauve, brown, grey, and black enamelsreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingDiametercm21.8Heightcm5.0SaucerHeightcm14.3Cup, Over CoverWidthcm16.8Across HandlesHandlessoft-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in blue, shades of green, yellow, orange dark pink, mauve, brown, grey, and black enamels and gilding.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain painted in enamels with landscapes and birds, and gildedSoft-paste porcelain painted in blue, shades of green, yellow, orange dark pink, mauve, brown, grey, and black enamels, and gilding. The cup is of truncated conical form with two loop handles, foliated at the upper and lower ends. The domed cover is surmounted by a finial in the shape of a multi-petalled flower and three leaves. The saucer is circular with a flat base and deep, sloping sides. There is a suspension hole in the interior edge of the cover, and in the footring. On one side of the cup there are two exotic birds perched in a tree with mosses, grasses, and a flowering plant at its foot. On the other side is a tree in the branches of which is a nest containing three nestlings, and a parent bird. Another bird stands on the ground amid similar flora. On the cover there are two landscapes each with a bird standing on the ground, and two flying birds in the spaces between them, one carrying a branch in its beak. On the saucer there are three landscapes, two with a bird on the ground, and a bird perched in a tree, and one with a bird standing on the ground. In the middle, there are three flying birds, one carrying a branch in its beak. There is a plain gold band round the base of the cup and dentilated gold bands round the rim of all three pieces. The handles are outlined in gold.no. 35referenceexhibition-1741adlib-exhibition-17410e292605-69a4-3b99-9e65-03daad1c87efAn Exhibition of 18th Century French PorcelainC.20 & A & B-19801accession numberC.20 & A & B-198082588priref82588urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82588https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82588on base of cup and saucerpainted in blue enamelinterlaced Ls enclosing Dfactory markon base of cup and saucer above the factory markpainted in bluea diamond shapepainter's markon base of cupincised4 ccmarkon the base of the saucerincised4markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven jointly by the National Art Collections Fund and Professor J.H. Plumb, FBAreferenceagent-173354adlib-agent-1733542c43df20-e3c8-3158-9d84-bf4d01c7008aPlumb, John, Sir, F.B.A.referenceagent-149857adlib-agent-149857470046d4-9799-31c0-81c7-49c04a9f9bb1National Art Collections Fund198019801980-12-01givenJoint donation. Acquisition went to Syndicate on 2 February 1980 but was not entered until the end of the yearEntry date: 1980-12-011757CE1757On accession the date letter was interpreted as 1756 or 1756-57, but in 2014 David Peters recommended a revision of the dating system to A for 1754 rather than 1753, so that D would stand for 1757 instead of 1756. See Documentation, Peters, 2014circa1757factoryreferenceagent-140732adlib-agent-1407321cccf6bc-5e51-3e11-a849-d05785821974Vincennes Porcelain Manufactoryfactoryreferenceagent-161360adlib-agent-1613607b3ff8f7-d7ff-380d-8d45-22cbd06ada8eSèvres Porcelain ManufactoryDecoration of vignettes of birds in landscapes, or garden, and rural scenes on a white ground were popular in the mid to late 1750s. A vignette almost similar to the one with the nest on one side of the cup occurs on a small mug of 1758-9 said to bear the mark of Pierre-François Yvernel, formerly in the Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection (see sale catalogue in Documentation), The vignette on the other side occurs on a gobelet à la reine of 1756 bearing a lozenge-shaped mark, formerly at Seaton Delaval (see sale catalogue in Documentation)On accession the cup and saucer were attributed to Claude-François Tabary. Savill, 1988, III, noted that he was working for the factory in May 1751, April to October 1754, and retired in January, 1755 on grounds of ill health. His supposed mark is found on pieces dated 1755 and 1756, and there is therefore uncertainty in the association of the lozenge-shaped mark with this painter. The move of the factory from Vincennes to Sèvres took place at the end of September 1756.This is a gobelet à lait or gobelet à lait chopine of the first size of two, although it is not quite so tall as the measurement given by Savill (1988) for this size, 14.5 to 15.5 cm. It holds one pint. The form had been introduced by 1752 when moulds and countermoulds were mentioned in the inventory of 1 October (1 7, fol. 10 ) . The second, smaller, size was in production in 1753. Plaster models and two drawings survive at Sèvres. 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imagereferenceterm-91978adlib-term-91978f613d852-fbf9-3766-a302-2f7fddd20fe5two-handled cupreferenceterm-107478adlib-term-10747881002e74-5083-37b8-a429-4a303fc40695coverreferenceterm-91594adlib-term-91594d3814795-e106-33f3-98a0-da73b4855bb6saucerfactory namegobelet à lait à deux anses et soucoupegobelet à lait chopinehistory notePossibly Hugh Burton-Jones who built up his collection of Vincennes and Sèvres in the 1930s and 1940s; his daughter Mrs Kathleen Dorothy Gifford Scott; Winifred Williams (Robert Williams), 3 Bury Street, London.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p. 11, no. 35.11referencepublication-3586adlib-publication-3586f559c8e5-86cf-3446-932a-1583bc2fb0ddAn Exhibition of 18th Century French Porcelain, Vincennes, Sèvres, St. Cloud, Chantilly & MennecyPubl. p. 58, no 2840, illustrated and see p. 59pp. 58-9referencepublication-3673adlib-publication-3673d01b9dec-7616-3430-8019-e1f40e586520National Art-Collections Fund Annual Report 1980Publ. p. 77, no. 76 with colour illustration.p. 77referencepublication-382adlib-publication-382ee5148de-e3eb-3d38-88db-9a331edf70b6Treasures of the Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. p. 256, fig. 7.pp. 252-8referencepublication-200000535adlib-publication-2000005350f07083e-9854-35b1-8626-182ebe31fff0How to buy a Stubbs on £2,600 a Year, The Fitzwilliam and the N.A.C.F.Ref. For the maker's mark of Tabary, see p. 35, working at the factory 1754-5 and specialising in birds. This mark is not so thickly drawn.p. 35referencepublication-3653adlib-publication-3653a5169280-301b-31bd-9138-472d4d94a3caLes Marques de SèvresRef. For the gobelait à lait, see p. 108 and p. 110, no. 296 for this shape
Ref. This may not be the mark of Tabary. On p. 185, no. 33 the lozenge-shaped mark is described as unidentified. It occurs on no. 106, a moutardier of the same year, with similar style of bird painting.pp. 108, 110referencepublication-3134adlib-publication-31343aca7c2c-770f-3903-8496-0510265bed08Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de SèvresRef. Vol. II, pp. 667-9 for the form, sizes, use and records of sales. Cf. pp. 669-72, later examples of the second size, nos. C438, 439, 440, an see p. 673 for a list of examples of both sizes.
Vol. III, pp. 1067-8 for Tabary (b. 1710). The author notes that he was working for the factory in May 1751, April to October 1754, and retired in January,1755 on grounds of ill health, although his mark is found on pieces dated 1755 and 1756.1067-8referencepublication-2709adlib-publication-2709e4899c4a-b889-3004-9341-697b98920a9fThe Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Sèvres PorcelainRef. p. 69 Peters does not illustrate a mark for Tabary, but refers to Part II, Unattributed Marks (Devices) where he shows the lozenge mark on p. 87, as that of a bird painter working 1753-6, and notes the attribution of the mark to Tabary in the 19th century, addition 'There is no evidence to support the attribution, which is doubtful.'69, 87referencepublication-5938adlib-publication-5938a3784223-c3bf-3f73-9caf-7861ade1c75eDecorator and Date marks on C18th Vincennes and Sèvres PorcelainCf. Second day, p. 92, lot 219, a cylindrical mug 11.5 cm high of 1758 (F), decorated with closely comparable style of bird painting on a white ground , with painter's mark for Yvernel, incised 4 and AP. The scene shown is almost similar to one of those on the Fitzwilliam's cup.92referencepublication-6666adlib-publication-666632b9697e-da9c-3fd9-b11e-9602afd4f952The Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection Part 1: Important French PorcelainCf. p. 108, lot 165, a gobelet à la reine of 1756 decorated with the vignette showing a blue bird above a pink bird, and a saucer with different birds of 1758. The cup has a blue diamond-shaped mark, and incised 3 and a long-tailed a; the saucer has the scrolling N mark of F.-J. Aloncle and incised mn. Saucer d. 15.3 cm. Estimate £300-500.108referencepublication-6670adlib-publication-66704e35a817-4ab0-331e-aea4-b68169e5d042Two Noble Collections, Powderham Castle & Seaton Delaval Hallreferencepublication-200002317adlib-publication-2000023173fda76a9-1de6-30b7-a23f-cd3911d9a72eObituaries. Sir John PlumbRef. p. 20 for the donor20referencepublication-200002318adlib-publication-200002318f2332c85-3391-3b2b-876c-10a63b5f6a1dObituaries: Sir John Plumbreferencepublication-7713adlib-publication-771313ecce43-21cf-3376-aa97-9167d26f86b9An examination of Vincennes and early Sèvres date letters. A transcript of the talk given at the French Porcelain Society Study Day on 17 June 2014referenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoanimalreferenceterm-25536adlib-term-25536dc50e6b9-2ea9-373f-b7ab-4ee201ca0256birdsplace typereferenceterm-106275adlib-term-106275a1bd9046-a422-36ac-a493-60fa7c7f7e91landscapeliteralbirdsbirdsliterallandscapelandscapereferenceterm-91978adlib-term-91978f613d852-fbf9-3766-a302-2f7fddd20fe5two-handled cuptwo-handled cuppresumed lead-glazereferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingGobelet à lait à deux anses couverts et soucoupeGobelet à lait chopineobject
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