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Cup and Saucer (Gobelet et soucoupe enfoncée)
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Madame de Pompadour, great patron of Sèvres porcelain and official mistress of Louis XV, was the first to purchase a cup and saucer of this design in 1762. In the late 1760s and 1770s, this design was purchased primarily by members of the royal family or court including Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, the countess of Choiseul, and Madame du Barry.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCup and Saucer (Gobelet et soucoupe enfoncée), 1767. Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756), Nicolas Bulidon (French). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration; overall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1964.521
