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Tournai Teacup and Saucer
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Print Details
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Request Details
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Dates
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Circa 1765
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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Belgium
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Description
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A rare Tournai low teacup and saucer finely painted with fables after Jean de la Fontaine.
Gold tower mark.
The cup is painted with the fable: The Fox and the Monkey: The Moral: The ill-natured rich reserve their store and delight in seeing their neighbours poor.
The saucer is painted with the fable: The Fox, The Wolf, and the Horse (on this saucer, only the Wolf and horse are represented) The Moral: Friends can betray you.
Jean de la Fontaine collected and wrote 12 separate books consisting of 239 fables.
Cup 4.5cm High
Saucer 12cm Dia.
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Condition
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Cup with a filled crack and associated blemish.
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Literature
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C. Dumortier & P. Habets, Porcelaine de Tournai, Scènes galantes et décors historiés, P. 125, fig.VIII.16. for the cup. Museum: Musée royal de Mariemont, Belgium: for a cup with this decoration. Inv. III.E.124.2
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