Title
Balloon saucer
Caption
Saucer - Sèvres, Marque de Vieillard
Flight of hydrogen balloon over the landscape
Decorated in a round medallion with a scene of a hot-air balloon ascending in an animated landscape. Here, the take-off of a hydrogen balloon.
Soft porcelain (diam. 12.2 cm)
18th century
Collection Muller-Quênot
Info+
The landscapes are reminiscent of le Manoir de Launay situated in the outskirts of Annonay in Vivarais. This cup and saucer form part of a small set, of which two other cups and saucers were present in the collections of Léon Barthou then Jean Tuille.
Date
1786
Credit line
Photo12/Association Muller Quenot Rosheim
Reference
MQR10A00_048
License type
Rights managed
Available size
39,0Mb (2,6Mb) / 12,6in x 12,0in / 3780 x 3605 (300dpi)