1592999663000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-75771 1755194530737 1702901129000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-75771 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75771 b2471562-d9eb-3f4a-94f5-00d3595beb57 8 reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain reference term-117089 adlib-term-117089 70d59fbc-64f7-304e-a336-bf6d65a433a8 Louis C. G. Clarke blue, green, dark pink, purple, and grey reference term-107563 adlib-term-107563 38dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ff enamels reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Decoration in blue, green, dark pink, purple, and grey enamels reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting reference term-28681 adlib-term-28681 c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559 gilding Diameter cm 3.5 Foot Diameter cm 4.7 Rim Applied Arts soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels with three sprays of flowers and leaves, and gilded Soft-paste porcelain, painted overglaze in blue, green, dark pink, purple, and grey enamels, and gilded. The cup stands on a low foot. The white ground is painted with three sprays of polychrome flowers and leaves, with above and below, a blue band crossed at intervals by two short diagonal gold lines. There is a band of gilding round the foot and a dentilated band of gilding round the rim. C.66-1961 1 accession number C.66-1961 75771 priref 75771 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75771 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75771 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum L.C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 reference agent-149875 adlib-agent-149875 89f52d0e-b912-3dc9-8b2c-61d6aa011b16 Clarke, Louis Colville Gray 1961 1961 1961-04-27 bequeathed Entry date: 1961-04-27 1757 1757 CE 1757 1757 1769 A comet mark has traditionally been associated with the comet of 1769 but is found on Sèvres with date letters from 1753/4-1768. During this period several comets were observed, and there was something of a comet-hunting craze among amateur and professional astronomers, therefore a painter may well have adopted one as his mark, as Peters suggests (see Documentation). A comet was observed by Charles Messier (1730-1818) in Paris in 1758, and he observed Halley's comet in January 1759, although his observation was not made public until April. He discovered two further comets in 1759 and 1760, the latter known as The Great Comet of 1760, and observed further comets in 1763, 1764 and 1769, and two in 1770, the second also known as The Great Comet. However, the mark could be interpreted as a shooting star rather than a comet and is known from 1753 a little before the period of intense interest in comets. 1 1769 CE 1769 1769 factory reference agent-161360 adlib-agent-161360 7b3ff8f7-d7ff-380d-8d45-22cbd06ada8e Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory Egg cups were made at Vincennes from 1753. The first examples had a circular foot and stem, resembling a small wine glass, which may have been impractical. A model and moulds for a smaller egg cup, described as 'petit coquetier' were made in 1756, probably for the model being sold in 1757. They were made in small numbers in the 1750s and became more popular in the 1760s. Egg cups were only rarely included in orders for services, for example a service purchased by M. de Laborde from the marchand-mercier Lazare Duvaux between 1 January and 1 July 1758 included three eggcups costing 24 livres, and a service for the Maréchal -duc de Richelieu bought through Mme Duvaux at the end of 1758 included two eggcups at 18 livres each (see Documentation, Peters, 2005). reference term-106496 adlib-term-106496 bd563695-7339-3178-a8c4-251899070993 18th Century, Mid reference term-113750 adlib-term-113750 9c94e435-9cde-38f2-b190-3a9ff2a77005 literal France France country Sèvres presumed lead-glaze reference term-107733 adlib-term-107733 00160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4 lead-glaze reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain Height cm 4.3 reference media-46094 adlib-media-46094 67b105ca-44b6-3dc9-914b-ee925d22bacd jpeg aa/aa23/C_66_1961_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 507 width pixels 760 1702926307382 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/mid_C_66_1961_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 334 width pixels 500 1702926307382 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/C_66_1961_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 507 width pixels 760 1702926307382 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/preview_C_66_1961_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 167 width pixels 250 1702926307382 1 image 0 media image reference media-46095 adlib-media-46095 6e2f7cab-74f8-3a01-b803-7b42fe3d9fdd jpeg aa/aa23/C_66_1961_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 507 width pixels 760 1702926778836 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/mid_C_66_1961_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 334 width pixels 500 1702926778836 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/C_66_1961_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 507 width pixels 760 1702926778836 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/preview_C_66_1961_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 167 width pixels 250 1702926778836 1 image 1 media image reference media-46093 adlib-media-46093 83a496b6-71de-3774-bb09-9b10fdce23cf jpeg aa/aa23/C_66_1961_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 700 1702926587749 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/mid_C_66_1961_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 543 width pixels 500 1702926587749 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/C_66_1961_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 700 1702926587749 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/preview_C_66_1961_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 271 width pixels 250 1702926587749 1 image 2 media image reference media-3300516411 portfolio portfolio-media-3300516411 311a699b-85bf-388a-904b-24c69f862975 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/236/large_C_66_1961_3_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1536 width pixels 1024 1529203093000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/236/mid_C_66_1961_3_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 750 width pixels 500 1529203093000 1 image C.66-1961_3_200901_mfj22_mas.tif 1529203093000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/236/preview_C_66_1961_3_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 375 width pixels 250 1529203093000 1 image 3 media image reference media-3537107531 portfolio portfolio-media-3537107531 81a91ca0-e032-3b2e-b52d-74ae5b553300 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/234/large_C_66_1961_1_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 683 width pixels 1024 1529203090000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/234/mid_C_66_1961_1_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 333 width pixels 500 1529203090000 1 image C.66-1961_1_200901_mfj22_mas.tif 1529203090000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/234/preview_C_66_1961_1_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 167 width pixels 250 1529203090000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/234/C_66_1961_1_200901_mfj22_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 3413 width pixels 5120 1529203090000 1 image 4 media image reference media-3518215260 portfolio portfolio-media-3518215260 2fc8a67e-4431-376d-94c8-6036674e312a jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/235/large_C_66_1961_2_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 683 width pixels 1024 1529203092000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/235/mid_C_66_1961_2_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 333 width pixels 500 1529203092000 1 image C.66-1961_2_200901_mfj22_mas.tif 1529203092000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/235/preview_C_66_1961_2_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 167 width pixels 250 1529203092000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/235/C_66_1961_2_200901_mfj22_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 3413 width pixels 5120 1529203092000 1 image 5 media image reference term-107623 adlib-term-107623 6e86c5a6-8a72-30d2-a109-4d4bd178f2fc egg cup coquetier sans pied petit coquetier history note uncertain before Louis C.G. Clarke, LL.D, Cambridge reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference publication-7514 adlib-publication-7514 f985cf34-340e-3a42-8c35-01df484fddc3 La cuisinière bourgeoise Ref. for the earliest records of egg cups, and sales, and price, 6 livres for eggcups with flower decoration. Cf. p. 43, no. 68, a comparable egg cup with different decoration (MNC 18442) 43 reference publication-3134 adlib-publication-3134 3aca7c2c-770f-3903-8496-0510265bed08 Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de Sèvres Ref. p. 94, note 29 mentions a coquetier in the Magazin de vente in 1753. See p. 194, no. 237, a Vincennes pair of footed eggcups of 1755-56. 94 reference publication-3638 adlib-publication-3638 9fdd0b21-49ec-37e9-9467-969617c4e941 La Porcelaine de Vincennes reference publication-7506 adlib-publication-7506 5a0bd159-679f-31c0-af93-cb04044e7238 De Vincennes à Sèvres, l'année 1756 Ref. p. 91, Peters illustrates several versions of a comet mark, giving the date range c.1757-68 for its appearance on pieces decorated with flowers, and stating that it usually appears below the factory mark. He suggest that it might have been the mark of De Ville, who began work in 1758 or of N-L. Petit. The mark on the Fitzwilliam's egg cup does not closely resemble the variants illustrated by Peters. 91 reference publication-5938 adlib-publication-5938 a3784223-c3bf-3f73-9caf-7861ade1c75e Decorator and Date marks on C18th Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain Ref. For eggcups bought with services, see Vol. II, p.299, no. 58.1 included 3 at 24 livres each and p. 303, Service 58.2. fincluded 2 at 18 livres each. Vol. II, p. 299 and 303 reference publication-5542 adlib-publication-5542 2a50a06d-9569-3541-8bd6-d98d1f9c6081 Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century reference publication-7686 adlib-publication-7686 450b2e5b-5b07-3cfe-9447-d3d96255d506 Vincennes and early Sèvres Porcelain from the Belvedere Collection Cf. p. 53, no. 20 one of four sauceboats, bearing the date letter E for 1757 and a painter's mark like a comet. The sauceboats are sparcely decorated with floral sprays comparable in style to those on this eggcup. See also p. 83, no. 43, sixteen cups and nineteen saucers on which the comet mark is one of the painter's marks which occur on them (not stated on how many it occurs). The mark is illustrated on p. 175, illustration 34. It is not identical to the comet mark on the Fitzwilliam's eggcup. p. 53 reference publication-3645 adlib-publication-3645 1a73c781-10fc-349e-8a13-c56f8b0eea9d Le porcellane francesi a Palazzo Pitti Cf. p. 209, no. 104, an egg cup decorated with floral sprays, but not with blue bands, with date letter for 1765-6, and indistinct painter's mark, m or pr. 209 reference publication-2797 adlib-publication-2797 f69be637-b908-3a88-88e7-6edf693f4d14 Musée Cognacq-Jay, II, Porcelaines reference publication-7507 adlib-publication-7507 221143e1-4011-3376-b3bb-4cdb7ec72e03 Le Service Camaïeu Carmin de Fontainebleau, reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo plant reference term-51570 adlib-term-51570 60c9a2b0-88e3-31c4-a903-cb3bfbb73411 rose literal rose rose

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