Title
Balloon cup
Caption
Cup - Sèvres, Marque de Vieillard
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. 6 cm, H. 5.5 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_049
License type
Rights managed
Available size
35,6Mb (1,5Mb) / 11,0in x 12,6in / 3295 x 3780 (300dpi)