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This and 8 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Breakfast Service (Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine) Breakfast Service.

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Saucer, from a Breakfast Service (Soucoupe; Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine) Saucer

This is a saucer. It was manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory and painted by Pierre Huard. It is dated 1813 and we acquired it in 1981. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

Nature provided many of the designs used by the craftsmen at the Sevres factory. Painted in roundels on the pieces of this tea service are exotic birds, flowers, fruits, butterflies and seashells. ( A Royal Gift, 1994-95)

This object was donated by Katrina H. Becker. It is credited Gift of Katrina H. Becker in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Hickox.

  • Cigarette Case, Leaf Motif
  • lapis lazuli, enamel, carved jade, mother-of-pearl, diamonds, gold, platinum.
  • Lent by Private Collection.
  • 13.2016.88
  • Vanity Case
  • lapis lazuli, carved jade, carved ruyi, coral, diamonds, lacquer, mirrored....
  • Lent by Private Collection.
  • 13.2016.89

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 2.5 x 14 cm (1 in. x 5 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] "Manufacture Impériale SÈVRES" surrounding crowned eagle, printed in dark red overglaze (manufactory mark) [2] "tZ", painted in gold (year mark for 1813) [3] "30 Mars BT" , painted in gold (probably: date when gilding was applied and gilder's initials) [4] "t Z 3", incised [5] "C 12", incised (faint)

It is signed

Not signed

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Saucer, from a Breakfast Service (Soucoupe; Déjeuner Mosaïque Florentine) Saucer; Manufactured by Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France); Painted by Pierre Huard (French, active 1811–1847); France; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x diam.: 2.5 x 14 cm (1 in. x 5 1/2 in.); Gift of Katrina H. Becker in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Hickox; 1981-38-5

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