15929910530001312637261000Standard Recordobject-86619170206260998316105388280001702062269109fitz-onlineadlib-object-86619https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/86619d8a6e73b-d88c-3465-ab65-b3dace8e6c4f7referenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainreferenceterm-113183adlib-term-113183d0b2833e-0e65-3606-934e-193dc9d8511dRalph Griffinblue, green, yellow, pink, and purplereferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationin blue, green, yellow, pink, and purple enamelsreferenceterm-120095adlib-term-120095723f5117-6f8b-3766-b1da-9f44da575716painting onglazereferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingDiametercm13.5Heightcm3.4SaucerDiametercm6.7Cup RimHeightcm6.8Cupsoft-paste porcelain painted in in blue, green, yellow, pink, and purple enamels, and gildedreferenceterm-120082adlib-term-120082ea83ed85-6b07-3e7e-83fc-440cfda22f7ethrowingWidthcm9.2Cup Including Handlereferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8Naturereferenceterm-25947adlib-term-259476593a7ac-6b34-3fa6-9067-b7e5c4d5e1e5calligraphyApplied Artssoft-paste porcelain cup and saucer, painted in enamels with an oval medallion containing a floral L, with sprays of flowers, and gilded edges.Soft-paste porcelain painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, and purple enamels, and gilded. Cylindrical cup with double-curved handle. Circular saucer with flat central area, sloping sides, and a suspension hole in the footrim. The cup is decorated on the front with a script L made up of purple flowers and green leaves enclosed by a blue and gold oval frame tied with a bow of pink ribbon at the top, and resting on sprays of yellow and dark pink flowers and leaves at the bottom. On each side there are four small sprays of flowers and leaves. There is a dentilated gold band round the rim, a plain band round the foot, and lines of gold down the sides of the handle, which also has a gold stylised leaves and spots down its back. The saucer has a rose spray in the centre surrouned by a garland of yellow flowers and green leaves. The remainder of the central area, and the sides are scattered with small sprays of flowers and leaves, including rose, violet and cornflower, and a yellow flower. A dentilated gold band encircles the rim.C.193 & A-19181accession numberC.193 & A-191886619priref86619urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/86619https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/86619on base of cupincised underglaze44incised markon the base of saucerincised underglaze46incised markon base of cup and saucerpainted in blue enamelinterlaced Ls enclosing KKfactory markon baseof cup and saucer below the factory mark and datepainted in blue enamelfxpainter'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: 1918-08-2817871787CE1787circa17871788Both pieces bear the date letter for 1788 but may have been made a year earlier.11788CE1788circa1788factoryreferenceagent-161360adlib-agent-1613607b3ff8f7-d7ff-380d-8d45-22cbd06ada8eSèvres Porcelain Manufactoryprobablypainterreferenceagent-175456adlib-agent-1754560dc1db65-b9dc-3a49-b172-b06a883f16deDescoins, Françoise-PhilippineCups 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 Bellaigue cites over 80 in 1784, over 400 in 1785,nearly 500 in 1786, about 160 in 1787 and fewer than 20 in 1788. (See Documentation, Bellaigue, 1980).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, Bellaigue 2009, Savill, 1988)
This is a gobelet litron of the second size with Savill's handle B. This size was usually supplied separately rather than in a tea set.The painting was formerly attributed to Jean-Pierre Fumez, but his mark was fz. The mark fx was used by Mme Françoise-Philippine (née Le Grand), a flower painter working at Sèvres, ? 1780-99 ? (See Documentation, Peters, 1997).The incised mark, 44, occus mainly on saucers and cups from the 1760s to 1790sreferenceterm-106779adlib-term-106779f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a18th Century, Latereferenceterm-14265adlib-term-14265b9f6d73e-26ce-3588-a519-976c2cc93f7fLouis XVIreferenceterm-113750adlib-term-1137509c94e435-9cde-38f2-b190-3a9ff2a77005literalFranceFrancecountrySèvrespresumed lead-glazereferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazereferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainreferencemedia-59078adlib-media-59078bd4a2bc8-0baf-35df-97ef-9ef610e1591ejpegaa/aa23/C_193_20_26_20A_1918_20_282_29.jpg1heightpixels507widthpixels76016162752152071imagejpegaa/aa23/mid_C_193_20_26_20A_1918_20_282_29.jpg1heightpixels334widthpixels50016162752152071imagejpegaa/aa23/C_193_20_26_20A_1918_20_282_29.jpg1heightpixels507widthpixels76016162752152071imagejpegaa/aa23/preview_C_193_20_26_20A_1918_20_282_29.jpg1heightpixels167widthpixels25016162752152071image0media
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imagereferenceterm-91165adlib-term-91165d22ea1ae-0f87-36a8-8ece-86eb0f380b42cupobject namereferenceterm-91594adlib-term-91594d3814795-e106-33f3-98a0-da73b4855bb6saucerobject namereferenceterm-113690adlib-term-113690207e9fd2-c0ad-3831-8ed1-f68ea34e9a50teawarecategoryfactory namegobelet litron et soucoupehistory noteUnknown before donor, Ralph Hare Griffin (1referenceobject-86618adlib-object-866189054eb1e-130d-30bb-813f-a4b43de9a4131reference1term-91165adlib-term-91165d22ea1ae-0f87-36a8-8ece-86eb0f380b42cupcupreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-7490adlib-publication-74909e6a9b2c-dc24-35e2-b78a-48be9ee638c9Dictionnaire universel de commercePubl. The author discusses cups with floral initials and mentions this example on p. 668.668referencepublication-200001276adlib-publication-200001276f85e7326-af51-3e34-a9bb-dce3271e7358Sèvres Artists and their Sources I: Paintings and DrawingsRef. For the mark of Fumez, see the chart made by Denis-Desiré Riocreux, on pp. 541-2.541-2referencepublication-3877adlib-publication-3877527e1a56-7c5b-3963-8fd9-dcdb4a2f912dHistoire artistique, industrielle et commerciale de la PorcelaineRef. p. 28 for variants of the mark used by Mme Françoise-Philippine Descoins (née Le Grand), and p. 36 for variants of the mark fz used by Jean-Pierre Fumez36referencepublication-5938adlib-publication-5938a3784223-c3bf-3f73-9caf-7861ade1c75eDecorator and Date marks on C18th Vincennes and Sèvres PorcelainRef. The incised mark 44 occurs on a saucer of 1778, no. 107.292referencepublication-3637adlib-publication-36375eb27a85-d31c-3b6f-b09e-8e02f712649cThe James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Sèvres PorcelainRef. The incised mark 44 occurs on a saucer of 1789, p. 121, no. 128121referencepublication-3879adlib-publication-387979ac4b01-50d0-3dad-9e3e-37c9e3dcfedfSèvres Porcelain from the Royal CollectionRef. Vol. I, p. 501-2, for the date of introduction of the gobelet litron, sizes, names, and use. See vol. III, p. 1132 for a list of occurences of the incised number 44. It occurs on C347, see vol. I, p. 505, and on C356, on p. 521.501, 505,referencepublication-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 QueenRef. For the donor73-5referencepublication-200002110adlib-publication-200002110c878d22f-3c74-3e75-ac5f-2e3e9d2440a4Obituary Notices, Ralph Hare Griffinreferenceterm-14265adlib-term-14265b9f6d73e-26ce-3588-a519-976c2cc93f7fLouis XVIobject namereferenceterm-106412adlib-term-1064120f1ffc4f-6c99-37a2-9499-f8375bc22b40letterplantreferenceterm-107622adlib-term-107622523e46be-6c51-3455-8391-3ea334aab2f0flowersliteralletterletterliteralflowersflowersreferenceterm-91165adlib-term-91165d22ea1ae-0f87-36a8-8ece-86eb0f380b42cupcuppresumed lead-glazereferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingGobelet litron et soucoupeobject
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