1592964772000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-82395 1758650503481 1758621114000 1758650501219 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-82395 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82395 db08566b-1997-3336-99f3-54712ca8c435 8 reference term-37637 adlib-term-37637 89b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecb soft-paste porcelain blue, green, yellow, and rose-pink reference term-107563 adlib-term-107563 38dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ff enamels Decoration in blue, green, yellow, and rose-pink enamels reference term-106226 adlib-term-106226 194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815 painting Diameter cm 5.9 Cover Width cm 8.5 Handle To Rim Knob reference term-107527 adlib-term-107527 76bf1c50-ccdc-3e01-9a0e-f95f104e5a6a moulded and applied reference term-115 adlib-term-115 94d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8 Nature Applied Arts Soft-paste porcelain custard cup and cover, lead-glazed, and painted in enamels with floral sprays. Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, lead-glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, rose-pink, and purple enamels. The underside of the rim of the cover is unglazed. The bulbous cup stands on a footring and has a loop handle. The domed cover has a finial in the shape of a rose bud on a leaf. The exterior of the cup and cover are entirely covered with shallow slanting fluting. The cup is decorated with one large floral spray including a rose and tulip, and two smaller floral sprays; the cover with one large spray including a rose, one small spray and two leaves. The knob is painted in pink and green. There is a rose-pink line round the edge of the cover and patches of pink on the handle. C.66 & A-1950 1 accession number C.66 & A-1950 82395 priref 82395 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82395 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/82395 the D and V are sloping inwards slightly, not side by side on base of cup incised D,V mark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson reference agent-180712 adlib-agent-180712 855e3948-593a-3b3c-9d66-028df74284fe Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs 1950 1950 1950 given Mrs Dickson was Hon. Keeper of Ceramics in the Fitwilliam Museum 1755 1755 CE 1755 circa 1755 1760 1 1760 CE 1760 1760 factory reference agent-161295 adlib-agent-161295 5d094053-332d-3ff3-bc22-f7d18300dd96 Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory In England this form is usually described as a custard cup, but in France was known as a pot à jus (meat jus or gravy pot) or later in the 18th century as a pot à crème. The strong rose pink is typical of Mennecy, and was used round the edges instead of gilding which was reserved to the royal factory at Sèvres. reference term-106451 adlib-term-106451 9cdfd62c-ee07-3884-ae08-c797aad08631 18th Century, Mid reference term-15538 adlib-term-15538 e4001da7-ed48-3271-a6fb-c7f54095a1ad Louis XV reference term-113723 adlib-term-113723 c0275e21-9964-3639-a2dc-30e34ac92b42 literal France France country literal Essonne Essonne region Mennecy 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 9.4 reference media-53502 adlib-media-53502 53388e49-0615-3b01-82e7-1e4790ead1d6 jpeg aa/aa23/C_66_1950_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 507 width pixels 760 1616254370436 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/mid_C_66_1950_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 334 width pixels 500 1616254370436 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/C_66_1950_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 507 width pixels 760 1616254370436 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/preview_C_66_1950_20_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 167 width pixels 250 1616254370436 1 image 0 media image reference media-53503 adlib-media-53503 5597f3f1-0d24-3479-9cd7-1d614cdc57c2 jpeg aa/aa23/C_66_1950_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 507 width pixels 760 1616254828349 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/mid_C_66_1950_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 334 width pixels 500 1616254828349 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/C_66_1950_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 507 width pixels 760 1616254828349 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/preview_C_66_1950_20_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 167 width pixels 250 1616254828349 1 image 1 media image reference media-53504 adlib-media-53504 bbf2eaf1-a578-3129-9cd5-b29de0e6fabb jpeg aa/aa23/C_66_1950_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 582 1616274925945 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/mid_C_66_1950_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 653 width pixels 500 1616274925945 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/C_66_1950_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 582 1616274925945 1 image jpeg aa/aa23/preview_C_66_1950_20_283_29.jpg 1 height pixels 326 width pixels 250 1616274925945 1 image 2 media image reference media-4188299444 portfolio portfolio-media-4188299444 1001b815-6cfb-3acd-9994-181fb78c6b4f jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/231/large_C_66___A_1950_3_200906_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1536 width pixels 1024 1529203088000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/231/mid_C_66___A_1950_3_200906_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 750 width pixels 500 1529203088000 1 image C.66 & A-1950_3_200906_mfj22_mas.tif 1529203088000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/231/preview_C_66___A_1950_3_200906_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 375 width pixels 250 1529203088000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/231/C_66___A_1950_3_200906_mfj22_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 5120 width pixels 3413 1529203088000 1 image 3 media image reference media-1619948390 portfolio portfolio-media-1619948390 564c59f6-18f0-39e3-b920-fd7fc297194e jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/227/large_C_66___A_1950_1_200906_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 683 width pixels 1024 1529203085000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/227/mid_C_66___A_1950_1_200906_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 333 width pixels 500 1529203085000 1 image C.66 & A-1950_1_200906_mfj22_mas.tif 1529203085000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/227/preview_C_66___A_1950_1_200906_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 167 width pixels 250 1529203085000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/227/C_66___A_1950_1_200906_mfj22_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 3413 width pixels 5120 1529203085000 1 image 4 media image reference media-3707985802 portfolio portfolio-media-3707985802 734adf13-c3c2-3b9c-93e1-e0f32030cafa jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/229/large_C_66___A_1950_2_200906_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 683 width pixels 1024 1529203087000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/229/mid_C_66___A_1950_2_200906_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 333 width pixels 500 1529203087000 1 image C.66 & A-1950_2_200906_mfj22_mas.tif 1529203087000 1 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/229/preview_C_66___A_1950_2_200906_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 167 width pixels 250 1529203087000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/437/229/C_66___A_1950_2_200906_mfj22_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 3413 width pixels 5120 1529203087000 1 image 5 media image reference term-126001 adlib-term-126001 37c42287-dc04-3397-9c22-448c90f41e00 gravy pot reference term-107478 adlib-term-107478 81002e74-5083-37b8-a429-4a303fc40695 cover custard cup history note Uncertain before donor, Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Ref. for the the history of the factory. Cf. p. 78 a comparable example in the Musée de Saumur. See p. 145 for an inventory of the factory in the rue de Puits-Massém Mennecy, 2 August 1762 mentioning 72 pots à jus decorated with bouquets ready for firing in the painters' room, and 232 in the turners' room ready for firing 78, 145 reference publication-3617 adlib-publication-3617 b7858021-f382-3dc6-b2e5-2d555da38bdc La manufacture de porcelaine de Mennecy Villeroy Cf. p. 75, lot 187, a set of six comparable custard cups of which two are illustrated on p. 77. 75 reference publication-3583 adlib-publication-3583 14e6b46a-b34d-3512-b7af-5d70ed4ed66d Meissen and other Continental Porcelain reference publication-2725 adlib-publication-2725 787cef8c-a436-3836-be2b-5ad639353ab9 French Porcelain of the 18th Century Cf. pp. 342-3, nos 1-7, twelve pots à jus moulded with shallow slanting fluting and decorated with flowers, of which no. 1 is marked DV/I (?), dated c. 1760-85, in the Musée Cantonal d'Archéologie et d'Historie de Lausanne, inv. 30810A to L 342-3 reference publication-9109 adlib-publication-9109 e725708b-b246-3c0c-bd2c-b466b1648830 Ceramica CH, Inventaire National de la Céramique dans les Collections Publiques Suisses (1500-1950), Vaud III/I reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo plant reference term-107622 adlib-term-107622 523e46be-6c51-3455-8391-3ea334aab2f0 flowers literal flowers flowers

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