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Cup and Saucer

ca. 1776 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1776.
Physical description
Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.
Marks and inscriptions
  • A cross (In overglaze blue)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of two tea cups and saucers with C.634&A-1935. Formerly in the collections of William Edkin, who purchased the set at the sale of T. G. G. White in 1877, and Alfred Trapnell. From a service made as a wedding present for Sir Robert Smyth, Bart. of Berechurch Hall, near Colcester, who married Charlotte Blake in 1776.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.634B&C-1935

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Record createdJuly 30, 2009
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