IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 71107 accession number: C.1 & A-1949 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 3 September 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain, painted in monochrome puce (camaiëu pourpre) enamel, and gilding. The cup has straight sides which curve inwards slightly at the base, and an ear-shaped handle. The circular saucer has sloping sides and a flat centre. There is a suspension hole in the footrim of the saucer. The cup is decorated with a bird in a tree, with one bird in flight on each side, and has a dentilated gold rim, a gold line round the base, and lines on the sides of the handle. The centre of the saucer is decorated with two buildings in a landscape, and on the sides with three birds in flight. The edge is encircled by a dentilated gold band. The colour of the crimson on the saucer is darker than that on the cup. object type: Soft-paste porcelain cup and saucer, painted in monochrome puce enamel with birds in flight and a landscapes, and gilded. title: cup and saucer NOTES ----- type: history note value: uncertain before donor LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Louis C.G. Clarke STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71107 SUBJECTS ------------------- birds flying landscape building birds flying landscape building TECHNIQUES ---------- lead-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain DATING ------ creation date: 1753 - 1760 creation date earliest: 1753 creation date latest: 1760 culture: 18th Century, Mid# culture: Louis XV CREATORS -------- maker: Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory CITATIONS -------- The Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelain La Porcelaine de Vincennes The Elizabeth Parke Firestone Collection Part 1: Important French Porcelain An examination of Vincennes and early Sèvres date letters. A transcript of the talk given at the French Porcelain Society Study Day on 17 June 2014 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/C_1_20_26_20A_1949.jpg height: 507 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/mid_C_1_20_26_20A_1949.jpg height: 334 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/C_1_20_26_20A_1949.jpg height: 507 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/preview_C_1_20_26_20A_1949.jpg height: 167 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/481/large_C_1___A_1949_1_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 683 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/481/mid_C_1___A_1949_1_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/C.1 & A-1949_1_200901_mfj22_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/481/preview_C_1___A_1949_1_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 167 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/481/C_1___A_1949_1_200901_mfj22_mas.ptif height: 3328 pixels width: 4992 pixels