Cup (tasse à l'étrusque) and saucer, 1794, French, Sèvres, Soft-paste porcelain, Height (cup [.1]): 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Diameter (saucer [.2]): 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, After etchings by Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin (French, Paris 1721–1786 Paris), The lighthearted whimsy of the painted decoration of this cup and saucer is surprising considering the date at which it was executed, for in 1794 the period of repression and mass executions known as the Terror, which followed the French Revolution, was just ending
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Cup, tasse à l'étrusque, saucer, 1794, French, Sèvres, Soft-paste porcelain, Height, cup, .1, 3 3/16, 8.1 cm, Diameter, .2, 6 5/8, 16.8, Ceramics-Porcelain, After etchings by Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, Paris, 1721–1786, lighthearted, whimsy, painted decoration, surprising considering, date, executed, period, repression, mass executions, Terror, followed, French Revolution, ending
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