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

Mug

ca. 1755-65 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, and cylindrical in shape, expanding slightly at the base, and with a loop handle, and painted with a pheasant standing on a rock on which grow flowering plants.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1755-65
Physical description
Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, and cylindrical in shape, expanding slightly at the base, and with a loop handle, and painted with a pheasant standing on a rock on which grow flowering plants.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.2cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:105-1885 (Sch. I 460)
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Kidson, Liverpool, for £3 10 shillings in December 1879.
Acquired as Bow porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 460A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:105/A-1885

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Record createdJanuary 15, 2009
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