Sèvres
(France 1756– )
Cup and socketed saucer (gobelet et soucoupe enfonce)
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
The socketed saucer (as distinct from the trembleuse, which is a saucer with a raised rim) was perhaps originally designed for Madame de Pompadour who, before her death in 1764, was the factory’s only recorded client for the shape.
- Year
- 1771
- Media
- Ceramic
- Medium
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
- cup 8.6 x 10.7 x 8.7; saucer 4.1 x 15.2 cm diam; combined 9.4 x 15.2 cm diam
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.184.a-b
