IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 71114 accession number: C.10.1 & A-1961 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 3 September 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Soft-paste porcelain decorated with an underglaze bleu lapis ground, painting in pale blue, sage green, yellow, puce, pale purple, and grey enamels, and gilding. The base of both pieces is unglazed. The cup is of a truncated cone shape with a flat base, and harp-shaped handle. The circular saucer has deep sloping sides, a flat centre, amd a small hole for suspension in the base. Both pieces have a bleu lapis ground. On the cup there are two heart-shaped reserves framed by gold trellis work, flowers and foliage with finely tooled details, and painted in polychrome with two flying birds, one of which in one reserve, carries a branch in its beak. The saucer has a circular reserve, similarly framed and painted in polychrome with two flying birds, one carrying a branch in its beak. There are dentilated gold bands round the rim of the saucer, round the foot and rim of the cup, and lines of gilding down the sides of the handle, which also has paired leaves, a flower head, a husk, and several dots down its back. A pair with C.10.2 & A-1961 object type: Soft-paste porcelain cup and saucer, decorated with an underglaze blue ground, reserves painted in enamels with two flying birds, and gilding title: cup and saucer NOTES ----- type: history note value: acquired by Louis C.G. Clarke, MA, LL.D. (2 May 1881- 13 December 1960) Cambridge, before October 1948 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Louis C. G. Clarke creditline: Louis C.G. Clarke Bequest, 1960 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/71114 SUBJECTS ------------------- birds flowers foliage flying birds flowers foliage flying TECHNIQUES ---------- lead-glazing CATEGORIES ------ category: soft-paste porcelain category: teaware DATING ------ creation date: 1754 - 1754 creation date earliest: 1754 creation date latest: 1754 culture: 18th Century, Mid# culture: Louis XV CREATORS -------- maker: Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory CITATIONS -------- The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Sèvres Porcelain Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de Sèvres A propos de six Sèvres du dix-huitième siècle La Porcelaine de Vincennes British and Continental Ceramics The French Royal Porcelain Sèvres, The Marton Museum Collection Samobor/Francuski kraljevski porculan, Kolkcija Muzeja Marton Samobor 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_10_1_20_26_20A_1961.jpg height: 507 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/mid_C_10_1_20_26_20A_1961.jpg height: 334 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/C_10_1_20_26_20A_1961.jpg height: 507 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/preview_C_10_1_20_26_20A_1961.jpg height: 167 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/C_10_1_1961.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 582 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/mid_C_10_1_1961.jpg height: 653 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/C_10_1_1961.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 582 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/preview_C_10_1_1961.jpg height: 326 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/C_10_1A_1961.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/mid_C_10_1A_1961.jpg height: 500 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/C_10_1A_1961.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 760 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa23/preview_C_10_1A_1961.jpg height: 250 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/504/large_C_10_1___A_1961_2_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1536 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/504/mid_C_10_1___A_1961_2_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/C.10.1 & A-1961_2_200901_mfj22_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/504/preview_C_10_1___A_1961_2_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/504/C_10_1___A_1961_2_200901_mfj22_mas.ptif height: 4992 pixels width: 3328 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/505/large_C_10_1___A_1961_3_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1536 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/505/mid_C_10_1___A_1961_3_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 750 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/C.10.1 & A-1961_3_200901_mfj22_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/505/preview_C_10_1___A_1961_3_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 375 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/505/C_10_1___A_1961_3_200901_mfj22_mas.ptif height: 4992 pixels width: 3328 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/503/large_C_10_1___A_1961_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/436/503/mid_C_10_1___A_1961_1_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 333 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/C.10.1 & A-1961_1_200901_mfj22_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/436/503/preview_C_10_1___A_1961_1_200901_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 167 pixels width: 250 pixels