Chocolate cup cover
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1788
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
31 mm (Height); 86 mm (Diameter)
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Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 353444.2
Summary
Cover for chocolate cup. Sevres, 1788. Soft paste porcelain. yellow and blue decoration. Trembleuse cover painted in blue enamels with a continuous classical landscape on a pale yellow ground. Blue 'S's border and gilt rim. Gilt berry knob handle, maybe a cacao bean.
Provenance
Part of the Lothian Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by Philip, 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882-1940).
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , porcelain manufacturer André-Vincent Viellard (1717 - 1790), porcelain painter