15929996630001312637261000Standard Recordobject-75591170206260936215826354050001702062269109fitz-onlineadlib-object-75591https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75591040660f5-e0fc-3e03-909f-941ac1c1b24e7referenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainreferenceterm-113690adlib-term-113690207e9fd2-c0ad-3831-8ed1-f68ea34e9a50teawarereferenceterm-117089adlib-term-11708970d59fbc-64f7-304e-a336-bf6d65a433a8Louis C. G. Clarkeblue, green, yellow, dark pink, dark brown, and blackreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationin blue, green, yellow, dark pink, dark brown, and black enamelsreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingDiametercm12.2Heightcm2.9Saucerreferenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingDiametercm5.5Cup RimHeightcm5.9CupWidthcm7.7Cup With HandleBoth Piecesreferenceterm-120423adlib-term-12042349c03045-1936-389b-82bc-13662efdec88ground layingApplied Artssoft-paste porcelain decorated with a bright yellow ground, and white borders painted in enamels with sprays of white flowers and blue flowers in medallions linked by garlands of pink flowers, and gilded.Soft-paste porcelain decorated with a bright yellow ground, painting in blue, green, yellow, dark pink, dark brown, and black enamels, and gilding. Cylindrical cup with double-curved handle. Circular saucer with flat central area and deep, sloping sides. There is a suspension hole in the footring of the saucer. Both pieces have an opaque, bright yellow ground strewn with small five-petalled flowers and bordered by brown bands, zig-zags and dots. The borders at the top of the cup and round the inside edge of the saucer have a reserved white ground decorated with circular blue medallions, each painted with a spray of white flowers and encircled by a gold band (four on the cup and eight on the saucer). Between each of the medallions there is spray of blue flowers and foliage enclosed in an oval of gold dots, linked to the blue medallions by garlands of red flowers and foliage. There are gold bands on both sides of the borders, dentilated on the interior of the cup and exterior of the saucer. The handle has gold lines down its sides, and a stylised leaf, husks and dots down its back.C.59 & A-19611accession numberC.59 & A-196175591priref75591urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75591https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75591on base of cup and saucerpainted in blue enamelinterlaced L's enclosing iifactory markin scripton base of cup and saucer below factory markpainted in blue enamelmbpainter's markon base of cupincised47incised markon base of cupincised44incised markon base of saucerincised49incised markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumLouis C.G. Clarke Bequestreferenceagent-149875adlib-agent-14987589f52d0e-b912-3dc9-8b2c-61d6aa011b16Clarke, Louis Colville Gray196119611961-04-27bequeathedEntry date: 1961-04-271786CE17861786factoryreferenceagent-161360adlib-agent-1613607b3ff8f7-d7ff-380d-8d45-22cbd06ada8eSèvres Porcelain Manufactoryuncertainpainterreferenceagent-20074adlib-agent-20074271ed45c-46f4-3b82-a3ae-0d8cf0050f91Bunel, Marie-BarbeThe gobelet litron was named after a cubic measure, the litron, which was normally made of wood, and was used for dry stuffs, such as corn and peas. Its size in Paris had been defined in 1670 as the equivalent of 9.45 cm high and 10.15 cm in diameter in pouces and lignes, which was larger than the largest of the porcelain cups. The first size of gobelet litron had been introduced at Vincennes before October 1752 when it was mentioned in an inventory of stock, but was probably being made a few years.The second and third sizes followed in 1753, and the fourth and fifth in 1757. They could be fitted with one of seven different handle forms . A drawing in the archives at Sèvres is dated 19 February 1753 (MNS, R1, liasse 2, dossier 2, No. 6bis) They were supplied singly, singly with a plateau carré, in ’harlequin’ sets, or as part of matching dejeuner. (See Documentation, Préaux and d'Albis, 1991, Savill, 1988, Bellaigue 2009)
This is a gobelet litron and soucoupe of the third size with Savill's handle shape B. Yellow grounds were not very common prior to 1775 after which they became increasingly fashionable, especially after 1787.The painter's mark is not precisely like any listed by Brunet, 1953 (see documentation), but it is fairly close to alternative fig. 18 in Desiré Riocreux's chart, see Jacquemart and Blant, 1862 (in documentation), attributed to Mme Bunel, née Buteux, painter of 'bouquets detachés', who was working at the factory 1778-1816 according to Mlle Brunet, who gave the other mark illustrated by Riocreux MB. Peters, 1997, attributes several mb marks to Mme Bunel.referenceterm-106779adlib-term-106779f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a18th Century, Latereferenceterm-14265adlib-term-14265b9f6d73e-26ce-3588-a519-976c2cc93f7fLouis XVIreferenceterm-113750adlib-term-1137509c94e435-9cde-38f2-b190-3a9ff2a77005literalFranceFrancecountrySèvresopaque, bright yellowreferenceterm-113756adlib-term-11375679bc070a-703b-3bad-a71d-db930b9fccf0ground colourreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainreferencemedia-45623adlib-media-4562338792893-81d4-36e5-9cf3-b4cacd29dde5jpegaa/aa23/C_59_20_26_20A_1961.jpg1heightpixels507widthpixels76016162490937201imagejpegaa/aa23/mid_C_59_20_26_20A_1961.jpg1heightpixels334widthpixels50016162490937201imagejpegaa/aa23/C_59_20_26_20A_1961.jpg1heightpixels507widthpixels76016162490937201imagejpegaa/aa23/preview_C_59_20_26_20A_1961.jpg1heightpixels167widthpixels25016162490937201image0media
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imagereferenceterm-107532adlib-term-107532f00fbddb-30d4-39ff-bcf3-a87fbac64158cup and saucerreferenceterm-91165adlib-term-91165d22ea1ae-0f87-36a8-8ece-86eb0f380b42cupreferenceterm-91594adlib-term-91594d3814795-e106-33f3-98a0-da73b4855bb6saucerGobelet litron et soucoupehistory noteuncertain; acquired before October 1948 by Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, Cambridge; bequeathed by him 1960referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-7490adlib-publication-74909e6a9b2c-dc24-35e2-b78a-48be9ee638c9Dictionnaire universel de commerceRef. p. 132, under no. 46 for the shape of the cup,132referencepublication-3637adlib-publication-36375eb27a85-d31c-3b6f-b09e-8e02f712649cThe James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Sèvres PorcelainRef. Vol. II, pp. 501-02, for the gobelet litron form, handle shapes, date of introduction of different sizes, and use. See p. 521, no. C356 for the incised mark 44 on a cup and saucer, and Vol. III p. 1132 for occurrences of this number501-02referencepublication-2709adlib-publication-2709e4899c4a-b889-3004-9341-697b98920a9fThe Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Sèvres PorcelainRef. p. 195, no. 68, a white gobelet litron et soucoupe decorated with floral sprays, dated by the authors as early as 1747-49, h. 6.7 cm95referencepublication-3638adlib-publication-36389fdd0b21-49ec-37e9-9467-969617c4e941La Porcelaine de VincennesRef. Vol. II, pp. 792-3 under no. 196 for the origin of the term litron, sizes and dates of introduction, handles and how sold792-3referencepublication-6636adlib-publication-66368a6e2d82-65e4-3d44-a739-2e4c393fd9c6French Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty the QueenRef. p. 153 list of painters and gilders marks, see no. 93, and p. 163 for identification as mark of Mme Bunel (Marie-Jeanne Barbe Buteux (b. c. 1756), working at the factory 1778-1816.153, 163referencepublication-3879adlib-publication-387979ac4b01-50d0-3dad-9e3e-37c9e3dcfedfSèvres Porcelain from the Royal CollectionRef. p. 19 for many variants of the mb mark of Mme Bunel (1777-1816), of which the third and fourth joined initials on the top line are closest to the mark on this cup and saucer.19referencepublication-5938adlib-publication-5938a3784223-c3bf-3f73-9caf-7861ade1c75eDecorator and Date marks on C18th Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelainreferenceterm-14265adlib-term-14265b9f6d73e-26ce-3588-a519-976c2cc93f7fLouis XVIplantreferenceterm-106795adlib-term-106795619c7689-2029-3c57-b0e2-12f5b54bedb8flowerliteralflowerflowerreferenceterm-107532adlib-term-107532f00fbddb-30d4-39ff-bcf3-a87fbac64158cup and saucercup and saucerreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingGobelet litron et soucoupeobject
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