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

Coffee Cup

1755-1758 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and decorated with a landscape in which are ruined buildings, and edged with brown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and edged with brown, probably painted by J. Hayfield, made by Longton Hall porcelain factory, Longton, 1755-1758.
Physical description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and decorated with a landscape in which are ruined buildings, and edged with brown.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.4cm
  • Diameter: 5.4cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of a set with 414:126/ to B-1885 (Sch. I 109 to B).
This trio was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Welsh, London, for £1 1 shilling in July 1868
Acquired as Bow porcelain.
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 109B - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:126/B-1885

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Record createdDecember 11, 2008
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