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Cup and saucer

Sèvres
VIEILLARD, André-Vincent

Cup, soft-paste porcelain, inset base, cylindrical sides, ear-shaped handle; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to the front of the exterior body a view of a bird in a landscape, scattered floral sprigs around the rest of the exterior body, around the upper and lower body borders of blue zig-zags interlaced with gilt festoons, a gilt line around the foot-rim, a worn gilt dentil edge to the lip-rim, the handle picked out in gilt. Saucer, soft-paste porcelain, inset base, flaring sides; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to the centre of the well a view of a bird in a landscape, the view enclosed by a border of blue zig-zags interlaced with gilt festoons, a similar border to the rim with scattered floral sprigs around the sides of the well, a worn gilt edge to the rim.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 35918

Creation/Production

Sèvres
VIEILLARD, André-Vincent
Date: 1780 –

Acquisition

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

Measurements

Height (cm): 5
diam (cm): 5.3
Width (cm): 7.1
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 2
Width (in): 2
Height (cm): 2.3
diam (cm): 11
Height (in): 7
diam (in): 4

Techniques

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

Material

soft-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
glaze

Location

In store

Categories

Porslen Ffrainc | French porcelain Porslen | Porcelain Cerameg | Ceramics Celf Gymhwysol | Applied Art Awaiting publication online (Applied Art)
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