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

Cup

1784-1798 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Cylindrical in shape with a loop handle. Painted with a bouquet and sprigs in pink, red, blue, green and yellow, and with pink lines round the rim and base.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain, Alcora porcelain factory, Alcora, 1784-1798.
Physical description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Cylindrical in shape with a loop handle. Painted with a bouquet and sprigs in pink, red, blue, green and yellow, and with pink lines round the rim and base.
Dimensions
  • Width: 6.8cm
  • Height: 5.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'A' (In grey)
Gallery label
  • Cup Made in Spain 1784-1798 Porcelain C.542-1914 Gift of Mr W.S. de Winton(16/07/2008)
  • COFFEE CAN Porcelain Mark: "A", in grey SPAIN (ALCORA); late 18th century Gift of Mr W. S. de Winton C.542-1914 (Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995)
Credit line
Given by Wilfred S. de Winton, Esq.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ray, Anthony. Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 : with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, V&A Publications, 2000
Other number
410 - Spanish pottery, Ray (2000)
Collection
Accession number
C.542-1914

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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