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)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Colin Templeton Collection. Gift of Mrs Colin Templeton, 1942
Gallery location
The Ancient World
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
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.
Artwork Details
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
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
Physical description
Square seal mark, scale blue ground.