Call Number: sh-000254 On display in the Long Hall - Yale University Library Search Results

Creator:: Aloncle, François-Joseph, active 1758-1781, artist
Published / Created:: [not before 1756]
Call Number:: sh-000254 On display in the Long Hall
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: three-dimensional form
Alternative Title:: Cup and saucer
Description:: A soft-paste porcelain Sèvres cup and saucer, painted in enamel with flower motifs and panels of exotic birds by François-Joseph Aloncle (fl. 1758-81), with gilding., Title devised by curator., Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: A beautiful lilac ground variegated pattern old Sevres China cabinet cup and saucer, the paintings enriched by Birds, of brilliant plumage., Marks: on the saucer interlaced L's in blue and date letter M (1765); “N” in script underneath for Aloncle; incised numeral 3; cup incised with reversed “s”., and Also available as a digital reproduction.
Subject (Name):: Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Cabinet cup and saucer, decorated with birds perched in exotic landscapes] [realia].