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

Coffee Cup

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and decorated with bouquets and sprigs of flowers and with gilt lines on the rim and handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, made by Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1780
Physical description
Coffee cup of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and decorated with bouquets and sprigs of flowers and with gilt lines on the rim and handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.4cm
  • Diameter: 6.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed swords (Under the glaze in blue, in imitation of Meissen porcelain)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Brookes, London, for 5 shillings in December 1866.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Production
The pattern may be the same as that on 325-1905, which has the factory mark comprising a crown over D in blue, which was in use between 1777 and 1784
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 385 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:407-1885

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Record createdJanuary 12, 2009
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