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

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1775-83 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea bowl and saucer of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, with sprays of flowers en camaïeuin pink on a ground of wavy gold stripes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tea bowl and saucer of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1775-83
Physical description
Tea bowl and saucer of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, with sprays of flowers en camaïeuin pink on a ground of wavy gold stripes.
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in gold on underside of cup)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of a set with 414:394/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 386 to C)
These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Sulley, Nottingham, for £6 in October 1878.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Production
Register - for the provenance and date of pieces with gold stripe decoration, see Archaeological Journal, vol. xix 1862, p347, Nightingale, p.xxxii.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Stephen Mitchell, The Marks on Chelsea-Derby and Early Crossed-Batons Useful Wares, 2007, pl. 15 ii, where dated 1775-83
Other number
Sch. I 386&A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:394&A-1885

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Record createdJanuary 12, 2009
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