Trembleuse

Manufacture Royale de Sèvres, France, ca. 1770

Glazed and painted porcelain

H: 16.5 cm

Markings: two interlocking “L”s (Sèvres), “R” in blue

UMP 7203 a,b

Pâte tendre regnault conical porcelain cup with double intertwined handles. Domed cover with a gilt berry finial. The deep saucer has a flat lip. Bleu céleste ground (bleu nouveau, bleu de Sèvres). Decorated with garlands of flowers and gilding. Copy from the second half of the nineteenth century.

A trembleuse or tasse trembleuse is a type of porcelain cup and saucer developed in Paris in 1690. It was designed to help the user drink hot chocolate safely. The most popular types of trembleuse were produced in Sèvres, Meissen, and Vienna.