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Cup and saucer

Sèvres
LEVÉ, D.

Cup, soft-paste porcelain, standing on a short cylindrical foot-rim, rounded ogee body, double intertwined handle with foliate moulding to the terminals; around the exterior upper body a border of floral swags finely painted in polychrome enamels with above a wide undulating underglaze blue border edged in gilt and overpainted with gilf foliate motifs, around the lower body a further undulating underglaze blue border edged in gilt, the handle picked out in gilt. Saucer, soft-paste porcelain, cinquefoil form with short cylindrical foot-rim, curving sides and lobed rim; around the sides of the well a border of floral swags finely painted in polychrome enamels with above a wide undulating underglaze blue border edged in gilt and overpainted with gilt foliate motifs, to the centre of the well a polychrome floral sprig enclosed by an undulating underglaze blue border edged in gilt, a gilt dentil edge to the rim. One side of the saucer broken and repaired.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 35905

Creation/Production

Sèvres
LEVÉ, D.

Acquisition

Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton

Measurements

Height (cm): 6
diam (cm): 7.5
Width (cm): 9.4
Height (in): 2
diam (in): 2
Width (in): 3
Height (cm): 2.7
diam (cm): 13.4
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 5

Techniques

wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art

Material

soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
glaze

Location

In store

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