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Cup, coffee and saucer
Weesp (fl.1759-1770)
Cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, cup standing on a foot rim, tall sides tapering inwards at base, ear-shaped handle; decorated in iron-red enamel, opposite the handle with an exotic bird with long head feathers in a tree, one leaf sprig and one flower sprig eitherside of handle, border of iron-red vertical lines with a yellow foliate outline and hanging green leaves, dark purple border to lip, yellow and purple highlighting to handle. Saucer standing on a foot rim, spreading sides, decorated in the centre in iron-red with a bird in a tree, border of iron-red vertical lines with yellow foliate ouline work and hanging green leaves, dark purple border to lip.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33169
Creation/Production
Weesp
Gerverot, Louis-Victor
Date: 1759-1771
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height (cm): 6.9
Length (cm): 9.9
Width (cm): 7.3
Height (in): 2
Length (in): 3
Width (in): 2
Height (cm): 3.1
diam (cm): 13.7
Height (in): 1
diam (in): 5
Height (cm): 7.7
Height (in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jolleyed
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
applied
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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