Tass à glace (custard or ice cream cup)
On View In:
Gallery 317
Artist:   François-Joseph Aloncle
Sèvres Porcelain Factory  
Title:   Tass à glace (custard or ice cream cup)  
Date:   1771  
Medium:   Porcelain, soft paste  
Dimensions:   2 5/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 in. (6.67 x 7.3 x 6.03 cm)  
Credit Line:   The William Hood Dunwoody Fund  
Location:   Gallery 317  

Artist/Creator(s)     
Name:   Aloncle, François-Joseph  
Nationality:   French  
Life Dates:   French, 1734 - 1781  
 
Name:   Sèvres Porcelain Factory  
Role:   Manufacturer  
Life Dates:   Paris, est. 1756  
 

Object Description  
  
Inscriptions:   Marks 'X', in script  
Classification:   Ceramics  
Physical Description:   custard cup; urn shaped with handle, of bleu turquoise with a medallion reserved in white, wreathed in gold and painted with a bird in a landscape; bird panels differing from those of cup 44.42.6; gilded lip and base; white and gold handle; blue underglaze  
Creation Place:   Europe, France, , , Sèvres  
Accession #:   44.42.7  
Owner:   The Minneapolis Institute of Arts