15929843380001312637261000Standard Recordobject-86618170206260948416105393910001702062269109fitz-onlineadlib-object-86618https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/866189054eb1e-130d-30bb-813f-a4b43de9a4137referenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainreferenceterm-113183adlib-term-113183d0b2833e-0e65-3606-934e-193dc9d8511dRalph Griffinblue, green, pinkreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationblue, green, pink enamelsreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingHandlereferenceterm-107527adlib-term-10752776bf1c50-ccdc-3e01-9a0e-f95f104e5a6amoulded and appliedApplied Artssoft-paste porcelain cup painted in enamels with a crown over a T made up of flowers and foliage, and gilded bordersSoft-paste porcelain, lead-glazed and painted in blue, green, and pink, enamels, and gilded. Cylindrical cup with a double-curved handle. The front is painted with a crown of blue flowers and green leaves above a script T made up of pink roses and green leaves, surrounded by an oval frame of chased gilding bordered by polychrome flowers. A border of stylized gilt leaves runs round the upper edge, and bands of gilding encircle the foot and lip. The handle has gold lines on the sides, and stylized leaves and flowerlets down its back.C.230-19181accession numberC.230-191886618priref86618urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/86618https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/8661848 with a semi-circular curved strok beside iton base of cupincised48markon base of cupincised9 or 6markon base of cuppainted in blue enamelinterlaced Ls enclosing G over Gfactory marksquare with dot in the middleon base of cuppainted in blue enamelsquare with dot in the middlepainter's markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Ralph Griffin, MA, FSAreferenceagent-166982adlib-agent-166982379e05a8-af03-3c3f-8302-1ff6e68b6c8bGriffin, Ralph191819181918givenEntry date: 1918-08-281784CE1784The cup bears the date letter for 1784circa1784factoryreferenceagent-161360adlib-agent-1613607b3ff8f7-d7ff-380d-8d45-22cbd06ada8eSèvres Porcelain Manufactorypainterreferenceagent-132960adlib-agent-132960bd456402-c544-35ae-a88d-dd72b1683e3fTardy, Claude-AntoineCups decorated with initials were a new venture initiated by the comte d’Angiviller in the summer of 1784, after he had seen Clignancourt cups decorated in this way. Between then and 1789 over 1000 were produced. Sir Geoffrey de Bellaigure (see Documentation) cited over 80 in 1784, over 400 in 1785,nearly 500 in 1786, about 160 in 1787 and fewer than 20 in 1788. He identified this as possibly as one of three gobelet litron decorated by Tardy for which he received payment shortly after
19 August in 1784 (MNS Vj’3, fo. 257). Floral initials were also painted by C.-N. Buteux.The 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 1991, Bellaigue 2009, Savill, 1988)
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imagereferenceterm-91165adlib-term-91165d22ea1ae-0f87-36a8-8ece-86eb0f380b42cupobject namereferenceterm-113690adlib-term-113690207e9fd2-c0ad-3831-8ed1-f68ea34e9a50teawarecategoryfactory namegobelet litronhistory noteUnknown before donor, Ralph Griffin, MA, St John's College, Cambridge1referenceobject-86619adlib-object-86619d8a6e73b-d88c-3465-ab65-b3dace8e6c4f1reference1term-91165adlib-term-91165d22ea1ae-0f87-36a8-8ece-86eb0f380b42cupcup1referenceobject-93537adlib-object-935378f17d21e-402d-3422-87a9-5c1dcd3c383a1reference1term-91394adlib-term-913942bb189d3-6008-3a4e-abbb-eb2a240e0739teapotteapotreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Mentioned on p. 668 and illustrated, p. 669, fig. 2. The author cites references to cups with initials in the archives of Sèvres which might refer to the Fitzwilliam Museum's cup.668-9referencepublication-200001276adlib-publication-200001276f85e7326-af51-3e34-a9bb-dce3271e7358Sèvres Artists and their Sources I: Paintings and DrawingsPubl. p. 348, no. 153, illustrated p. 349. The authors point out that it would be rash to assume that the Fitzwilliam Museum's cup was one of the two cups despatched to Angiviller, as between 2 August and 8 December 1784 over eighty cups with polychrome initials passed through the enamel-kiln.348-9referencepublication-2708adlib-publication-27088bd0fe01-f1e7-391a-9790-39dfbcf6c941Sèvres Porcelain: Vincennes and Sèvres 1740-1800Ref. For the mark of Tardy in the chart made by Denis-Desiré Riocreux.541-2referencepublication-3877adlib-publication-3877527e1a56-7c5b-3963-8fd9-dcdb4a2f912dHistoire artistique, industrielle et commerciale de la PorcelaineRef. For the mark of Tardy36referencepublication-3653adlib-publication-3653a5169280-301b-31bd-9138-472d4d94a3caLes Marques de Sèvresreferencepublication-3880adlib-publication-38802a919a18-5edb-3d2e-9336-3d08e969cd38The Soft Porcelain of SèvresRef. p. 132 under no. 46 for the gobelet litron form132referencepublication-3637adlib-publication-36375eb27a85-d31c-3b6f-b09e-8e02f712649cThe James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Sèvres PorcelainRef. Vol. II, p. 501-02 for the gobelet litron form, handles, and sizes made, see p. 501, under C.345-56.501-02referencepublication-2709adlib-publication-2709e4899c4a-b889-3004-9341-697b98920a9fThe Wallace Collection, Catalogue of Sèvres Porcelainreferencepublication-6636adlib-publication-66368a6e2d82-65e4-3d44-a739-2e4c393fd9c6French Porcelain in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queenreferencepublication-5924adlib-publication-5924a04146c2-58f7-3893-a341-612f88ee0accThe French Royal Porcelain Sèvres, The Marton Museum Collection Samobor/Francuski kraljevski porculan, Kolkcija Muzeja Marton SamoborRef. pp. 73-5, for the testator.73-5referencepublication-200002110adlib-publication-200002110c878d22f-3c74-3e75-ac5f-2e3e9d2440a4Obituary Notices, Ralph Hare Griffinreferenceterm-14265adlib-term-14265b9f6d73e-26ce-3588-a519-976c2cc93f7fLouis XVIobject namereferenceterm-107586adlib-term-107586a59baebc-1311-3f94-a412-7be3b6351e93crownobject namereferenceterm-106412adlib-term-1064120f1ffc4f-6c99-37a2-9499-f8375bc22b40letterplantreferenceterm-107622adlib-term-107622523e46be-6c51-3455-8391-3ea334aab2f0flowersplantreferenceterm-51573adlib-term-51573ab22aab4-7391-3892-8111-eec7278d2f0erosesliteralcrowncrownliteralletterletterliteralflowersflowersliteralrosesrosesreferenceterm-91165adlib-term-91165d22ea1ae-0f87-36a8-8ece-86eb0f380b42cupcupsoft-paste porcelain lead-glazed and painted in blue, green, and pink, enamels, and gilded.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingGobelet litronobject
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