Custard Cup
ca. 1765 (made)
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Custard cup with handle of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and on one side is a lady playing a guitar and on the other a man is piping, and both are in a shaped panel bordered by gilt flowers and trellis-work reserved on a mazarine-blue ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Custard cup with handle of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, ca. 1765. |
| Physical description | Custard cup with handle of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and on one side is a lady playing a guitar and on the other a man is piping, and both are in a shaped panel bordered by gilt flowers and trellis-work reserved on a mazarine-blue ground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor (In gold) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dalgeish, London, for £10 in July 1870 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 213 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:362-1885 |
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| Record created | December 22, 2008 |
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