Cup and Saucer (gobelet et soucoupe enfoncé, première grandeur)

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Cup and Saucer (gobelet et soucoupe enfoncé, première grandeur)

Sèvres Manufactory

Object Description · Getty Museum

A sick or elderly person with an unsteady hand could have comfortably used this cup with its recessed saucer. The deep well kept the drink in the cup from being easily knocked over and spilled. One of few examples of Sèvres porcelain with a pink ground overlaid with dark blue, the cup has unusual swirling patterns that enliven the ground, while bunches of fruit and flowers fill the white reserves. Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV, purchased all the cups with recessed saucers listed in the Sèvres porcelain manufactory's sales records between 1759 and 1764. This cup and saucer therefore probably came from her collection. She paid between sixty and seventy *livres* for each cup--the equivalent of a month's wages for an experienced porcelain painter.

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https://data.getty.edu/museum/collection/group/91108ae1-fad9-48c8-b82e-43ae3be3f151
Artist/Maker
Sèvres Manufactory
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103SGD
Date
1762
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain, pink ground color overlaid with blue enamel, colored enamel decoration and gilding
Culture
French
Object Type
Cup and saucer

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Object ID
482e1691-8da1-411d-8d9e-e85702b7dc54
Object Type
Cup and saucer
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Creator
Sèvres Manufactory
  • Getty Museum field “Artist/Maker” · copied as is
Culture
French
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Medium
Soft-paste porcelain, pink ground color overlaid with blue enamel, colored enamel decoration and gilding
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Department
Decorative Arts
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The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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Date
1762
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Begin Year
1762
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End Year
1762
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