Trembleuse

Manufacture Royale de Sèvres, France, ca. 1770

Glazed and painted porcelain

H: 15 cm

Markings: “D. V.” in blue

UMP 7204

Pâte tendre regnault conical porcelain cup with a double intertwined handle. Domed cover with a gilt floral finial. The deep saucer has a flat lip. Decorated throughout with garlands of flowers and gilding; spandrels decorated in bleu de roi (bleu royal) with gilt latticework. 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.