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Two white porcelain French soup cup with its coordinated saucer (no handle), hand-painted in polychrome floral bouquets, dating from 1850–1900, in good used condition with minor wear on the saucer base; cup height 9 cm, mouth diameter 16 cm, saucer diameter 20 cm.
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Manufacture: France
Period: 19th-20th century
Large soup cup (écuelle) with a white porcelain saucer decorated in polychrome with bouquets of flowers and phytomorphic garlands
Porcelain, hand-painted in polychrome enamels; molded relief edging.
Measurements: plate diameter 20 cm; cup height 9 cm; lip diameter 16 cm
Marks: impressed letter "L" and small potter’s marks under the base of the cup.
Condition: Excellent overall condition. Minor and usual surface wear to the glaze on the bottom of the plate, compatible with age and use.
Description of the lot
Refined and elegant handleless soup cup, paired with its original coordinated saucer. The ensemble stands out for the purity of the white body and the graceful profile of the rims, enriched by a delicate wavy relief shaping that follows the perimeter of both elements.
The Cup:
With a hemispherical body opening upward, it rests on a low ring foot. The exterior surface is masterfully enameled with large, asymmetrical floral bouquets, featuring a large open rose in antique pink and yellow tones, tulips, anemones, and racemes of smaller field flowers, executed with vibrant painterly freedom and a rich color palette.
The Saucer:
Features a deep cavetto framed by a continuous garland of vegetal sprigs with small green leaves, an echo of the same border present on the rim and foot of the cup. At the center of the plate sits a coordinated floral bouquet, surrounded along the rim by smaller clusters arranged with studied asymmetry.
Under the base of the cup there is an impressed letter "L" embedded in the porcelain body, accompanied by small geometric potter’s marks, essential elements for identifying the atelier's craftsmen.
Historical-critical note
The elegant decoration of “bouquets of flowers” (inspired by the famous Deutsche Blumen of Meissen) reflects the strong vogue for naturalistic design that dominated the major European courts around the transition between the 18th and 19th centuries.
Manufacture: France
Period: 19th-20th century
Large soup cup (écuelle) with a white porcelain saucer decorated in polychrome with bouquets of flowers and phytomorphic garlands
Porcelain, hand-painted in polychrome enamels; molded relief edging.
Measurements: plate diameter 20 cm; cup height 9 cm; lip diameter 16 cm
Marks: impressed letter "L" and small potter’s marks under the base of the cup.
Condition: Excellent overall condition. Minor and usual surface wear to the glaze on the bottom of the plate, compatible with age and use.
Description of the lot
Refined and elegant handleless soup cup, paired with its original coordinated saucer. The ensemble stands out for the purity of the white body and the graceful profile of the rims, enriched by a delicate wavy relief shaping that follows the perimeter of both elements.
The Cup:
With a hemispherical body opening upward, it rests on a low ring foot. The exterior surface is masterfully enameled with large, asymmetrical floral bouquets, featuring a large open rose in antique pink and yellow tones, tulips, anemones, and racemes of smaller field flowers, executed with vibrant painterly freedom and a rich color palette.
The Saucer:
Features a deep cavetto framed by a continuous garland of vegetal sprigs with small green leaves, an echo of the same border present on the rim and foot of the cup. At the center of the plate sits a coordinated floral bouquet, surrounded along the rim by smaller clusters arranged with studied asymmetry.
Under the base of the cup there is an impressed letter "L" embedded in the porcelain body, accompanied by small geometric potter’s marks, essential elements for identifying the atelier's craftsmen.
Historical-critical note
The elegant decoration of “bouquets of flowers” (inspired by the famous Deutsche Blumen of Meissen) reflects the strong vogue for naturalistic design that dominated the major European courts around the transition between the 18th and 19th centuries.
Details
Era
1400-1900
Number of objects
2
Country of origin
France
Material
Porcelain
Condition
Good condition - used with small signs of ageing
Height
16 cm
Width
20 cm
Depth
20 cm
Estimated period
1850-1900
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