Cup and Saucer
ca. 1790 (made)
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Coffee cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and fluted, with an undulating edge, and painted with a gilt chain pattern on vertical bands of blue arched at the upper end, and edged with gilt dots.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Coffee cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1790. |
| Physical description | Coffee cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and fluted, with an undulating edge, and painted with a gilt chain pattern on vertical bands of blue arched at the upper end, and edged with gilt dots. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of set with 414:476/&A-1885 (Sch. I 415&A) These two cups and saucers were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber in Paris for £2 in 1867 |
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| Other number | Sch. I. 415B&C - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:476/B&C-1885 |
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| Record created | January 13, 2009 |
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