Cup
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1755
Materials
Porcelain and ormolu
Place of origin
Vincennes
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 870777
Summary
A single Sevres porcelain urn shaped vase and lid with a later mount in chased ormolu with intertwined handles on a square base. The porcelain painted with cupids and motifs in white reserves framed by blue and gilt surrounds against a green background.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of death duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred to NT in 1957.
Makers and roles
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory , potter