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

Coffee Cup

ca. 1795 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Cylindrical, with slightly everted rim and footring. Painted scroll handle. Painted in green, purple, yellow and brown with an exotic bird perched on a branch, and insects, Gilt rim, handle, footring.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels
Brief description
Coffee cup, made in Staffordshire, England, about 1785-1800, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze painted in enamels
Physical description
Coffee cup in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Cylindrical, with slightly everted rim and footring. Painted scroll handle. Painted in green, purple, yellow and brown with an exotic bird perched on a branch, and insects, Gilt rim, handle, footring.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.7cm
  • Diameter: 6cm
Dimensions converted from imperial
Marks and inscriptions
A crown with crossed 'C's (Painted in reddish brown enamel, perhaps in imitation of Ludwigsburg's mark)
Gallery label
Coffee cup Made in Staffordshire, England about 1785-1800 Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels C.299-1951 Stuart G. Davis Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Stuart G. Davis
Production
Attributed to Keeling by Roger Pomfret, October 2009
Collection
Accession number
C.299-1951

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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