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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Coffee Cup

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup, part of a tea and coffee set in white bone china. The coffee cup is taller and narrower; with an ear-shaped handle. It has a moulded diamond pattern and cornucopia. Decorated in underglaze blue, on which are gilded leaves and flowers. There are reserves on the white body on which are bouquets of flowers in coloured enamel.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china, painted in underglaze blue, enamel colours and gilt
Brief description
Coffee cup, part of a tea set, bone china, painted in underglaze blue, enamel colours and gilt; John & William Ridgway, England (Shelton), ca. 1820
Physical description
Coffee cup, part of a tea and coffee set in white bone china. The coffee cup is taller and narrower; with an ear-shaped handle. It has a moulded diamond pattern and cornucopia. Decorated in underglaze blue, on which are gilded leaves and flowers. There are reserves on the white body on which are bouquets of flowers in coloured enamel.
Dimensions
  • Width: 8.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'2 / 825' (Pattern number, in red enamel on the base)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr R. E. Jerome
Object history
Part of a tea and coffee set, c.29 to DDD-1985.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.29V-1985

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Record createdMay 17, 2010
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