# Cup and Saucer [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN POTTER, French]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Hard-paste porcelain, diameter 6 cm \(cup\) ## Commentary In the Egyptian Cabaret service of the Emperor Napoleon I the cartouches of the 'litron' cups, like those of the sugar bowls, the creamer or milk jug, are painted in colour by Nicolas-Antoine Lebel \(1780-1845\) with Egyptian landscapes, after the prints by Vivant Denon. The saucers are adorned with portraits of sheiks painted in grisaille by Antoine Béranger \(active 1808-1846\). The patterned band of invented hieroglyphs completes the ornamentation. ## Related artworks - [Bottle-cooler with a Chinese decor]() - [Cameo Service]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Battle of Friedland]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Conquest of Silesia]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Foundation of the Kingdom]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Freeing of Dantzig]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Three Hanseatic Cities \(Berlin, Warsaw, Königsberg\)]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: Victory of Eylau]() - [Chocolate pot]() - ["Choisy" Flower Basin]() - ["Clodion" Vase]() - ["Clodion" Vase]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()