La Folie XVIIIe

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Un forum de discussion (2005 - 2021) qui réunissait des passionnés du Siècle des Lumières. Ancien Régime - Révolution

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Two circa 1760 Vienna porcelain chocolate cups, 'trembleuses' with raised galleries in the center of the saucer. With large flower sprays on the cups. As I get older I appreciate the importance of not knocking over the cup while it sits on the saucer and I'm holding them together.

Two porcelain cups and saucers both with painted polychrome flower decoration. Each saucer has a center reticulated gallery for holding a cup in place to avoid tipping.
Marked on the underside of all pieces with the Vienna Bundenschild mark in underglaze blue. Several numerals are written underneath, as well as a faded museum label marked LOAN.
MEASUREMENTS
Cups: 2 in. (5.1 cm) in diameter, 2 3/8 in. (6 cm) in height. Saucer: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) in diameter.
PROVENANCE
Christie’s, New York, Sale 2203, 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe Including Carpets from The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 24 November 2009, lot 52.

The flower painters may be identified by their numeral marks on the underside of each cup and saucer. 
Konrad Haab von Dettwill worked at Vienna from before 1762 until after 1787, becoming a flower painter starting in 1767 (decorator's mark No. 24)
Gottfried Schmidt worked at Vienna from 1775 until 1827 (decorator's mark No. 80) 
The porcelain factory in Vienna used this reticulated gallery style quite often.

Pourquoi ces deux portraits de grands-touristes, peints à Rome en 1778 et destinés à rejoindre leurs demeures familiales respectives en Grande-Bretagne, sont-ils aujourd’hui conservés au musée du Prado ? Un petit fil. 1/

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Just felt like sharing and comparing some 18th-century porcelain cane handles with 'faces'. Nicely-painted, they do have a bit of character. From the Saint-Cloud, Mennecy and Doccia factories.

A set of Meissen 18th-century porcelain 'Monkey Band' figures on view in the Petit Palais, Paris. Not my thing but amusing and remarkable enough. And that gilt bronze rococo stand isn't holding anything back, either.

At the Petit Palais, 2025.