Cup and Saucer
1770-1781 (made)
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Cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain, painted in green and black and decorated with gilding. Both pieces have reeded bodies with scalloped gilt edge and a border of floral festoons.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Cup and saucer, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, made by William Duesbury & Co., English (Chelsea-Derby), 1770-1781 |
| Physical description | Cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain, painted in green and black and decorated with gilding. Both pieces have reeded bodies with scalloped gilt edge and a border of floral festoons. |
| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Conjoined anchor and 'D' (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in gold on underside of both pieces (the mark on the saucer, however, is in a different colour gold from the cup and is a fake)) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Production | The cup and saucer did not originally belong to one another, and the saucer could have been made as a replacement piece. The saucer can be dated to 1778-1780/81 by the incised N mark, but the cup has a factory mark in use between 1770 and 1777. The anchor and D mark on the saucer is a fake. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 2971&A-1901 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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