Litron Cup (gobelet litron)
Dublin Core
Title
Litron Cup (gobelet litron)
Subject
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 | Urns in art | Dodin, Charles-Nicolas—Pictorial works
Getty AAT keywords: porcelain (material) | porcelain (visual works) | dinnerware | cups (drinking vessels) | porcelain painting (image-making) | gilding-technique | flower (motif) | floral patterns | plant-derived motifs | urns
Description
35mm color slide of a litron cup (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The ground color is a dark blue known as the king's blue (bleu du roi), overlaid with tooled gilding of garlands, scrolls, foliage, and urns. This is a side view of Slide 58b. The number 58 is handwritten on the slide.
See the Fritzsche Porcelain Exhibit for more details on the litron cup, Dodin, and diverse blue ground colors such as the king's blue (bleu du roi).
Creator
Fritzsche, Ulrich (creator of slide); D’Arms, Ted (photographer); Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (creator of object)
Publisher
Seattle Art Museum Libraries
Date
1784 (date of object)
May 1978 (date of slide)
Contributor
Painter, Kirsten Blythe
Rights
These materials may be protected under copyright law and may only be used for educational, teaching, and learning purposes. If intended use is beyond these purposes, it is the sole responsibility of the user to obtain the appropriate copyright permissions.
Format
application/jpg
Language
English | French
Type
still image
References
Spatial Coverage
France
Temporal Coverage
eighteenth century (dates CE)
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
slide, scanned using an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner at 3200 dpi.
Collection
Citation
Fritzsche, Ulrich (creator of slide); D’Arms, Ted (photographer); Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (creator of object), “Litron Cup (gobelet litron),” Seattle Art Museum Libraries: Digital Collections, accessed March 28, 2024, https://samlibraries.omeka.net/items/show/2987.