Terms and conditions of use
Two handled cup and saucer
(c. 1770)
- Medium
- porcelain (soft-paste)
- Measurements
- (a-b) 8.2 × 14.7 cm diameter (overall)
- Place/s of Execution
- Worcester, England
- Inscription
- (a-b) painted in blue on base c.: (geometric design) (in a square)
- Accession Number
- 171.a-b-D4
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Colin Templeton Collection. Gift of Mrs Colin Templeton, 1942
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- The Ancient World
Level 2, NGV International - About this work
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This two-handled cup was intended to hold chocolate. It is decorated in a dark blue ground with reserves containing Chinoiserie imagery, a style often associated with the Rococo. The gilded borders of these reserves are formed of Rococo scrolls, although their overall forms are symmetrical. The cup’s delicate handles assume the form of pierced Rococo scrolls. Rocaille here informs both the applied surface decoration and the very form of the vessels.
- Physical description
- Square seal mark, scale blue ground.
