Cup
Jacques Fontaine (b.1735)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1779
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
70 mm (H)
Place of origin
Sèvres
Order this imageCollection
Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1440287.1
Summary
[Salvaged] Sèvres (cabinet) cup (and saucer 1440287.2) painted with harbour scenes, with Turkish figures besides bales, on a bleu nouveau ground, richly gilt. Gilder E-H Le Guay the elder, painter Fontaine.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1968 by Mrs Hannah Gubbay
Marks and inscriptions
LG in blue and incised marks (see inventory card). Date letters BB for 1779.
Makers and roles
Jacques Fontaine (b.1735), porcelain painter Étienne-Henri Le Guay (1719 - c.1799), gilder