Coffee Cup

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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Derby Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Derby (made)

Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and inside the cup is a landscape with a river and buildings, surrounded by a wreath of foliage in gold entwined with a blue band, and round the outside is a wreath enclosed between bands of a gilt chain pattern.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Coffee cup
Materials and techniques	Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded Soft Paste Porcelain Painted Gilded
Brief description	Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1805
Physical description	Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and inside the cup is a landscape with a river and buildings, surrounded by a wreath of foliage in gold entwined with a blue band, and round the outside is a wreath enclosed between bands of a gilt chain pattern.
Dimensions	Height: 6.7cm Diameter: 6.7cm
Marks and inscriptions	'D' surmounted by a crown and crossed batons and six dots (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) on underside) 'No 86' (Painted (overglaze) in crimson on underside) '5' (Painted (overglaze) in blue on underside)
Credit line	Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history	Part of a set of two tea cups, two saucers and two coffee cups 414:477/ to E-1885 (Sch. I 416 to E) Lady Charlotte Schreiber bought these pieces from Beeks, Bristol for £6 in February 1869 (two items) and for £6 again (two items) in April 1869
Production	Pattern number 86 appears to have been introduced ca. 1785-1786. The red factory mark may suggest a date around 1805.
Subjects depicted	Landscapes (Representations) Foliage
Other number	Sch. I 416D - Schreiber number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	414:477/D-1885

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Record created	January 13, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O182559/coffee-cup-derby-porcelain-factory/

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