Cup and saucer - So-called trembleuse

Ceramics and Glass Collection

Accession Nr.: 59.2213.1-2
Date of production:
second half of the 18th cent. (presumably)
Inscription: csészealjon feketével: L
Materials: faience
Dimensions:
height: 7 cm
base diameter: 3,3 cm
opening diameter: 6,4 cm
diameter: 13 cm
height: 3,1 cm
A splayed cup for coffee or chocolate, with a handle formed as a question mark. The surface of the saucer is supplied with a pierced ring to hold the cup. Both pieces are decorated with bunches of roses and small, scattered flowers in purple, blue, green and yellow. Marked on the cup with an L in black.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.131. (Weiner Piroska)