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Déjeuner 1810
Hard paste porcelain, burnished gold and crimson and green decoration | Tray 2.3 x 32.0, tea pot 16.8 x 15.6 x 8.0, cream jug 16.8 x 9.6 x 7.0, sugar bowl & cover 17.0 x 12.7 x 7.3, cups 9.5 x 8.7 x 7.2, saucers 2.4 x 13.6, egg cup 10.5 x 4.8, double salt cellar 14.0 x 13.2 x 8.1 cm (whole object) | RCIN 5000000
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Hard paste porcelain French tray and tea service in Egyptian style. Crimson and green bands, the former overlain by stylised gilded ivy trails. The principal ornaments comprise Egyptian-inspired hieroglyphs and symbols (many imaginary), some in tooled gold, some in polychrome. They also include cobra-like creatures, beetles, canopic-style jars, stylised ornaments and pharaonic heads. Tray, tea pot, cream jug, sugar bowl and cover, 4 cups and saucers, egg cup and double salt cellar.
Provenance
Acquired by George IV. Recorded in 1826 in the Confectionary, Carlton House: ‘No. 161. A Dejeuni of Modern French China in Crimson, green and gold, with Egyptian ornaments, Consisting of an Octagonal Plateau, 4 Cups and Saucers, Sugar Bason and Cover. Teapot, Cream Ewer, two Egg Cups, and a double salt’.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hard paste porcelain, burnished gold and crimson and green decoration
Measurements
Tray 2.3 x 32.0, tea pot 16.8 x 15.6 x 8.0, cream jug 16.8 x 9.6 x 7.0, sugar bowl & cover 17.0 x 12.7 x 7.3, cups 9.5 x 8.7 x 7.2, saucers 2.4 x 13.6, egg cup 10.5 x 4.8, double salt cellar 14.0 x 13.2 x 8.1 cm (whole object)
Category
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Alternative title(s)
Tray and tea service
Place of Production
Paris [Île-de-France]
