15929910680001312637261000Standard Recordobject-93544170249422950516098467940001702494119290fitz-onlineadlib-object-93544https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/935447a5b5f63-5672-3a1d-bf60-214c113f77777referenceagent-177999adlib-agent-177999d88d753a-d94f-327b-a290-b5a7e8e9acc4Maria Theresa (1740-80)referenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainblue, green, yellow, pink, orange-red, mauve, and blackreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsblueish-greenreferenceterm-113756adlib-term-11375679bc070a-703b-3bad-a71d-db930b9fccf0ground colourreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldDecorationbluish-greenreferenceterm-120423adlib-term-12042349c03045-1936-389b-82bc-13662efdec88ground layingin blue, green, yellow, pink, orange-red, mauve, and black enamelsreferenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-28681adlib-term-28681c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559gildingreferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain tray for ice cups, painted in enamels and gilded with a floral spray, encircled by interlaced green ribbons and a garland of flowers.Soft-paste porcelain decorated with bluish-green ground colour, painting in blue, green, yellow, pink, orange-red, mauve, and black enamels, and gilding. Circular with twelve-lobed, slightly raised edge, standing on a low foot with concave-curved, twelve-lobed sides.There is a hole for suspension inside the edge of the stand. In the centre of the top painted in polychrome is a small floral spray, including a rose, encircled by two gold-edged green ribbons, interlaced to form six ovals, around and in which is entwined a garland of flowers. The outer edge of the tray is green, with a scalloped gold line inside it, following the curves of the lobes and having a floriated loop at the intersection of each.C.2-19571accession numberC.2-195793544priref93544urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/93544https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/93544interlaced L's enclosing Eon basein blue enamelfactory marknot as typedon base, below interlaced L'sin blue enameld.painter's markscript Lfon baseincised underglazeLfincised markreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceagent-149645adlib-agent-14964510925b71-6838-30f7-a8dd-b68a2afaa14dThe Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum195719571957-11-21given17571757CE175717571758The tray bears the date letter for 1757-811758CE17581758factoryreferenceagent-161360adlib-agent-1613607b3ff8f7-d7ff-380d-8d45-22cbd06ada8eSèvres Porcelain ManufactorySoucoupes à pied were used as a stands for ice cream cups, or for dried fruits. This is probably one of eight soucoupes à pied costing 144 livres each from the service given to the Empress Maria-Theresa by Louis XV in 1758, the much of which is in the Hofburg, Vienna. The pieces in the service bear date letters for 1757 (D) and 1758 (E)referenceterm-106496adlib-term-106496bd563695-7339-3178-a8c4-25189907099318th Century, Mid#referenceterm-15538adlib-term-15538e4001da7-ed48-3271-a6fb-c7f54095a1adLouis XVreferenceterm-113750adlib-term-1137509c94e435-9cde-38f2-b190-3a9ff2a77005literalFranceFrancecountrySèvresreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazereferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainDiametercm22.9Heightcm3.5referencemedia-67057adlib-media-670578dc06733-1017-3e53-84dd-0255ac4d7558jpegaa/aa23/C_2_1957.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels58416162659535571imagejpegaa/aa23/mid_C_2_1957.jpg1heightpixels651widthpixels50016162659535571imagejpegaa/aa23/C_2_1957.jpg1heightpixels760widthpixels58416162659535571imagejpegaa/aa23/preview_C_2_1957.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25016162659535571image0media
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imagereferenceterm-120422adlib-term-1204227dd6d416-47f7-35ef-ac4b-c79f08377dc6Tray for ice cupsobject namereferenceterm-124243adlib-term-124243709b7797-ac7f-39cf-a04c-04aa4b02daa5dessert warecategoryfactory namesoucoupe à pied pour tasses à glacehistory noteOle Olsen Collection, Copenhagen. Purchased from H.E. Backer, London; given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Illustrated, front cover and p. 2p. 2referencepublication-3855adlib-publication-3855d20590cf-6884-3559-a30c-6cabad9407afFriends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Forty-ninth Annual Report, for the Year 1957Ref. and mention, vol. II, pp. 307-08, service, 58-3, for the components, date of manufacture, current locations of known pieces, and sales of components, and literature for the Maria Theresa Service.307-08referencepublication-5542adlib-publication-55422a50a06d-9569-3541-8bd6-d98d1f9c6081Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th CenturyRef. For the service now in the Hofburg, Vienna, see pl. 32.204-05referencepublication-3688adlib-publication-36886e82b986-e237-3d96-8b61-f057ec352107Sèvres, Le XVIIIe SiècleRef. p. 25, no. 1, for a full listing of the pieces in the service, and references to the archival materal relating to it are given25referencepublication-4634adlib-publication-4634d0262d0c-496d-3bf6-a95b-8c6d7ada2cebLes Grands Services de SèvresCf. p. 96, illustrated p. 97, another example of a soucoupe à pied of the same pattern as the Fitzwilliam's example96-7referencepublication-4635adlib-publication-463598e2ea62-0aa5-3e9b-9c8b-a778732bab41C.L. Davids SamlingRef. For information, and a plate from the service, see especially pp. 149-51, and fig. 62144-52referencepublication-200001235adlib-publication-200001235a1614bb8-6214-37f7-bc57-708df6017e7dA propos de six Sèvres du dix-huitième siècleCf. p. 68, no. 49, illustrated pl. 49, the soucoupe à pied in the Davids Samling (FK 28a.) For the mark, see p. 76.68, 76referencepublication-4636adlib-publication-463686468de7-cccc-399e-931c-e99ba2128b1bDavids Samling Fransk Porcelaen/The David Collection, French PorcelainCf. p. 73, lot 242, a pair of seaux à bouteille of 1758 painted by Tandart, from the Maria Theresa Service.73referencepublication-2645adlib-publication-2645b1b69b1c-707f-3c05-a267-31713b4eb4c0British and Continental CeramicsCf. lot 85, an oval mustard pot stand said to be from this service, no date letter. Estimate £750-950; E1,150-1,45054referencepublication-4812adlib-publication-4812f51a10e5-f465-3e0e-904a-8fa72eb95d7cEuropean Ceramics, Glass, Silver and Vertu, 29 June 2004Ref. and cf. catalogue nos 274-286 various pieces from the service, and illustrations of a compotiers coquille and a terrine gondole and plateau (one each from 280 and 275) showing the interlace ribbon design334-5referencepublication-5983adlib-publication-5983a8deeedb-4869-3a50-a871-c3d2d0f2fbc7Versailles et les Tables Royales en Europe XVIIème - XIXème sièclesCf. p. 18-19, lot 17 four plates of 1757-8 from the Maria Theresa Service, p. 20, lot 18, a similar plate probably one of six bought by Madame de Pompadour from Lazare Duvaux in March 1758, and p. 21, lot 19 four plates, from either the 'Rubans Verds' service delivered to the marquis de Paulmy or Madame Lair in 1760 (see Peters, 2005, II, pp. 317-20.). All these plates differ from the soucoupe à pieds in having pairs of arched gilt floral sprays around the outer edge18-21referencepublication-5543adlib-publication-55431c2eeaac-af10-3342-83cb-cb894a9789dfImportant French & Continental Furniture, decorations & Ceramicsreferencepublication-8495adlib-publication-849539d527d2-aa40-398e-b10b-eb9f3b02e036A thing of Beauty is a Joy For Ever. Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain from a Private CollectionRef. For another completely different example of green ribbon decoration, see p. 140-3, lot 161, a garniture of three vases hollandais with green ribbon decoration, flowers, gardening trophies and putti with date letter D for 1756-1757.140-3referencepublication-5539adlib-publication-5539d35ced23-464b-3892-a133-776253c9e873Bel Ameublement et Objets d'Art, Mobilier Provenanant de la Villa Fal'ezereferenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoobject namereferenceterm-107511adlib-term-107511d27e0338-6e3f-37b3-9f1c-96fd22189f74garlandplantreferenceterm-51570adlib-term-5157060c9a2b0-88e3-31c4-a903-cb3bfbb73411roseplantreferenceterm-107622adlib-term-107622523e46be-6c51-3455-8391-3ea334aab2f0flowersliteralgarlandgarlandliteralroseroseliteralflowersflowersreferenceterm-120422adlib-term-1204227dd6d416-47f7-35ef-ac4b-c79f08377dc6Tray for ice cupsTray for ice cupsSoft-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in blue, green, yellow, pink, orange-red, mauve, and black enamels and gilded.referenceterm-111179adlib-term-111179be5c887b-c0ed-3d89-82b2-c3a870e72a68mouldingreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingfooted saucer for ice cream cupsSoucoupe à pied pour tasses à glaceobject
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