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CUP (GOBELET "HÉBERT")

Creator(s): Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

On view in: French Porcelain Room


About this object

Handle in the shape of intertwined twigs. At top rim a turquoise area above five arched gilt vines, under each, on a white ground are three clusters of flowers, one attached by a slender twig to an end of an arch. Saucer: five slightly undulating lobes edged in toothed gilt and with decoration similar to that on the cup.

Object name:
CUP (GOBELET "HÉBERT")
Made from:
Soft paste porcelain
Made in:
Vincennes, France
Date made:
1753
Size:
6.7 x 14 cm (2 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
24.37.1
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK .1 (cup) Crossed L's, the date letter A for 1753, and fleur de lys under-for Taillandier (Vincent), painter of flowers and small objects, 1735-90; 4 incised .2 (saucer) Crossed L's, the date letter A for 1753, and T with a dot over-for Binet (Jean-Francois), painter of flowers 1750-1775.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973