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Cup and Saucer (Gobelet ‘Calabre’ et Soucoupe)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This cup and saucer were produced at Vincennes Manufactory, the precursor to the Royal Manufactory of Sèvres. Ornamented with a blue ground and one large white reserve, or area reserved for imagery, filled with two flying tropical birds, this set would have been used by aristocrats to consume tea, however coffee services featured this type of cup and saucer as well. If the hot beverage was too warm, one could pour the contents of the cup into the deep saucer, allowing the drink to cool, and drink directly from the bowl-like plate. In 1752 the Vincennes Manufactory began to decorate this type of cup and saucer with a dark blue ground color and imagery of tropical birds. When the Vincennes Manufactory became the Royal Manufactory of Sèvres in 1756, this type of porcelain set was still in production and in high demand.
Inscription
Provenance
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William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Geographies
France, Sèvres (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall Cup & Saucer (A & B) H: 2 3/4 × Diam: 5 3/16 in. (7 × 13.2 cm); Cup (A) H: 2 3/8 × W with handle: 3 11/16 × D: 2 13/16 in. (6 × 9.4 × 7.1 cm); Saucer (B) H: 1 1/4 × Diam: 5 3/16 in. (3.2 × 13.2 cm).
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.682
