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Coffee Cup

ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The cup has lobed sides with spreading rim and gilt loop handle. Painted outside with two shaped panels containing bouquets having between them gilt floral sprays in slight relief on a dark blue ground. Round the inside of the cup is a band of gilt scrolls


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup, bone china painted in enamels and gilded, Spode Ceramic Works, Stoke-on-Trent, England, ca. 1825
Physical description
The cup has lobed sides with spreading rim and gilt loop handle. Painted outside with two shaped panels containing bouquets having between them gilt floral sprays in slight relief on a dark blue ground. Round the inside of the cup is a band of gilt scrolls
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.1cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Credit line
Given by Miss H.M. Gulson
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
558:5-1902

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Record createdJune 30, 2010
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