Covered Cup and Saucer (gobelet à lait et soucoupe, deuxième grandeur) – Sèvres Manufactory, Painting attributed to Christian Gotthelf Grossman

Sèvres Manufactory, Painting attributed to Christian Gotthelf Grossmanabout 1765 – 1767

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This small covered cup with its deep saucer was designed to serve warm milk at breakfast. A military trophy decorates the center of the saucer, while specific battle scenes fill the reserves. The depicted battles took place between Prussia and Saxony in 1756 and 1757, at the beginning of the Seven Years' War. Frederick the Great of Prussia invaded Saxony in August 1756, occupying the capital of Dresden. French troops were never deployed in this part of Europe, so the decoration could have been of little interest to a French buyer. As only one other similar example (an écuelle) survives, scholars assume that a German client, wishing to commemorate either the taking of Dresden by the Prussians or its recapture by the Saxons, specifically commissioned this cup and saucer and the écuelle.

作品介绍

• 标题: Covered Cup and Saucer (gobelet à lait et soucoupe, deuxième grandeur)
• 创作者: Sèvres Manufactory, Painting attributed to Christian Gotthelf Grossman
• 日期: about 1765 – 1767
• 外部链接: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
• 材质: Soft-paste porcelain, cama?eu rose enamel decoration, and gilding
• Source Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
• Object Type: Cup and saucer
• Object Status: Permanent Collection
• Number: 87.DE.134
• Display Location: Currently on view at: Getty Center, Museum South Pavilion, Gallery S113
• Department: Sculpture & Decorative Arts
• Culture: French
• Classification: Decorative Arts

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The J. Paul Getty Museum