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

Teacup, Coffee Cup and Saucer

ca. 1778-1784 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teacup, coffee cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Moulded with sprays of flowers in relief and laurel-wreath borders in colours and gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Tea Cup
  • Coffee Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Teacup, coffee cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, William Duesbury & Co., Derby Porcelain factory, the cups probably decorated in London, ca. 1778-1784
Physical description
Teacup, coffee cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Moulded with sprays of flowers in relief and laurel-wreath borders in colours and gold.
Style
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Production
The three pieces did not originally belong together. The saucer has an incised mark in use between 1778 and 1781 and the Derby factory mark introduced in 1784 together with the gilder's number of Thomas Soare, suggesting it decorated a few years after it was made, probably to replace a broken piece. The cup and teabowl were probably decorated in London, possibly by an independent enameller rather than at the Chelsea Porcelain Factory. See Mitchell, Stephen. The Marks on Chelsea-Derby and Early Crossed Batons Useful Wares. London: SGM Books, 2007, p. 86.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Mitchell, Stephen. The Marks on Chelsea-Derby and Early Crossed Batons Useful Wares. London: SGM Books, 2007, Pl. 60(ii), and p. 86.
Collection
Accession number
C.1061 to B-1924

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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