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Source Description
This covered, bucket-shaped cup and saucer would have primarily be used to drink hot and cold milk drinks that were prescribed to remedy fever, melancholy, and the effects of drinking too much alcohol. Warmed bread could be served in the deep saucer or, if the beverage was too warm, the milk cocktail could be poured into the saucer to cool. The two reserves, or areas reserved for imagery, on the cup are filled with trophies of pastoral life, including a basket of eggs, a sheaf of grain, cotton on a distaff, and a sunhat. On the cup’s lid and saucer, one can identify instruments of the hunt, including: arrows, quivers, trumpets, swords, and even a lyre. Gilded frames and vegetal motifs surround each reserve and border the edges the cup, lid, and saucer, giving them a jewel-like appearance that would glimmer in the candlelit interiors of the eighteenth century.
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Document identity
localId
9026
label
Two-Handled Covered Cup and Saucer (gobelet ‘à lait’ et soucoupe)
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
9026
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Two-Handled Covered Cup and Saucer (gobelet ‘à lait’ et soucoupe)
description
This covered, bucket-shaped cup and saucer would have primarily be used to drink hot and cold milk drinks that were prescribed to remedy fever, melancholy, and the effects of drinking too much alcohol. Warmed bread could be served in the deep saucer or, if the beverage was too warm, the milk cocktail could be poured into the saucer to cool. The two reserves, or areas reserved for imagery, on the cup are filled with trophies of pastoral life, including a basket of eggs, a sheaf of grain, cotton on a distaff, and a sunhat. On the cup’s lid and saucer, one can identify instruments of the hunt, including: arrows, quivers, trumpets, swords, and even a lyre. Gilded frames and vegetal motifs surround each reserve and border the edges the cup, lid, and saucer, giving them a jewel-like appearance that would glimmer in the candlelit interiors of the eighteenth century.
date
1774
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
cups (drinking vessels)
saucers
ecuelles
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12.7
height
18.7
dimensionsRaw
Cup, Saucer, and Lid (A, B,&C) H: 5 × Diam: 7 3/8 in. (12.7 × 18.7 cm); Cup with Lid (A & C) H: 4 9/16 × W: 5 1/2 × D: 3 15/16 in. (11.6 × 14 × 10 cm); Cup (A) H: 3 1/4 × W with Handles: 5 1/2 × D: 3 3/4 in. (8.3 × 14 × 9.5 cm); Saucer (B) H: 1 3/8 × Diam: 7 3/8 in. (3.5 × 18.7 cm); Lid (C) H: 1 9/16 × Diam: 3 15/16 in. (3.9 × 10 cm).
Source extras
inscriptions
[Factory Mark] Crowned
black
intertwined Lls on bottom of saucer; [Date] Black ""V"" for 1774 on bottom of saucer; [Painter’s Mark] Black anchor for Charles Buteux aîné on bottom of saucer; [Gilder’s Mark] Black ""F"" for Fallot on bottom of saucer; [Sticker] Small oval with ""7."" written in black ink on bottom of saucer; [Sticker] Small oval with ""7."" written in black ink inside lid; [Factory Mark] Crowned
black
intertwined Lls on bottom of cup; [Date] Black ""V"" for 1774 on bottom of cup; [Painter’s Mark] black anchor for Charles Buteux aîné on bottom of cup; [Gilder’s Mark] Black ""F"" for Fallot on bottom of cup; [Sticker] Small oval with ""7."" written in black ink affixed to bottom of cup; [Sticker] Torn brown with red boarders with ""98"" written in black ink affixed to bottom of cup.
med
hard paste porcelain
creator_ids
6229
1916
34523
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none
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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