Sèvres
(France 1756– )
- Title
- Cup and saucer (gobelet Hebert)
- Year
- 1764
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- soft-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
-
cup 6.6 x 10.0 x 7.8 cm; saucer 2.9 x 13.9 cm diam; combined 7.5 x 13.9 cm diam
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.169.a-b
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
The pear-shaped cup, introduced in 1752, was probably named either after the dealer Thomas-Joachim Hébert, or another Hébert, secretary to the King, who was acting as a consultant to the factory at that period.
- Bibliography (1)
-
Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 100 (colour illus.). cat.no. 126
