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Cup, coffee and saucer

Weesp (fl.1759-1770)
Gerverot, Louis-Victor

Coffee cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, coffee cup standing on a foot rim, tall sides tapered inwards at base, slightly everted lip, ear-shaped handle; decorated in polychrome enamels opposite the handle with an exotic bird with a purple body, yellow head feather and an orange tail and beak perching in a tree, rocks below, one orange flowered sprig, and one leaf, border of gilt lines with interweaving purple festoons and two large, green bows eitherside of handle. Saucer standing on a foot rim, spreading sides, decorated in the centre with an exotic bird with a pink body, an orange tail and head and purple, yellow and black wings, rocks and plants below, border of gilt lines, interweaving pink festoons and two green bows.

Cup, coffee and saucer
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 33163

Creation/Production

Weesp
Gerverot, Louis-Victor

Acquisition

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

Measurements

Height (cm): 6.9
Length (cm): 9.7
Width (cm): 7.1
Height (in): 2
Length (in): 3
Width (in): 2
Height (cm): 2.6
diam (cm): 14.3
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 5

Techniques

jiggered
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art

Material

hard-paste porcelain

Location

In store

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