Litron Cup with Dolphin Handles (gobelet litron), Detail

Litron Cup with Dolphin Handles (gobelet litron), Detail

LCSH: Porcelain, French—18th century—Pictorial works | Porcelain, French—Private collections | Porcelain, French—Sèvres—18th century—Slide collections | Sèvres porcelain—18th century—Pictorial works | Slides (Photography)—Private collections | Fritzsche, Ulrich—Art collections—Pictorial works | Ceramic tableware—France—18th century | Drinking cups—France—18th century | Gilding—France—18th century | Decoration and ornament—Plant forms—France—18th century | Flowers in art | Dolphins in art

Getty AAT keywords: porcelain (material) | porcelain (visual works) | dinnerware | cups (drinking vessels) | porcelain painting (image-making) | gilding-technique | flower (motif) | floral patterns | dolphins (animals)

35mm color slide of a cup (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). This is an enlarged view of Slide 55a, showing the dolphin handle and other details of gilding and painted decoration. The number 55 is handwritten on the slide.

Find more on the litron cup and other types of teacups in the Fritzsche Porcelain Exhibit.

Fritzsche, Ulrich (creator of slide); D’Arms, Ted (photographer); Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (creator of object)

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18th century (date of object)

May 1990 (date of slide)

Painter, Kirsten Blythe

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English | French

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France

eighteenth century (dates CE)

slide, scanned using an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner at 3200 dpi.