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Chelsea Porcelain Factory, London (manufacturer)
Cup and saucer (1758-1762)
porcelain (soft-paste)
6.5 × 12.2 cm diameter (overall)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
© Public Domain
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Cup and saucer
(1758-1762)
Medium
porcelain (soft-paste)
Measurements
6.5 × 12.2 cm diameter (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Patricia Begg OAM Bequest, 2024
© Public Domain
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
The mazarine blue ground and rich gilding of this cup and saucer were the Chelsea manufactory’s response to the blue lapis ground and sumptuous gilding of Vincennes porcelain ofthe early 1750s. The factory’s sale catalogue of 1761 states, ‘A Catalogue of the LAST YEAR’S PRODUCE Of Valuable CHELSEA PORCEALAINE MANUFACTORY / Consisting of … the rare and inimitable Mazarine Blue and Gold, and other very rich Colours of exquisite Beauty and Magnificence’.