Cup
ca. 1770 (made)
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Tea bowl of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, in the Japanese style, and fluted with a wavy edge, and the surface outside is divided into four large panels, separated by narrower panels, which radiated from a narrow band with flowers on a wavy stem reserved in white on a ground of underglaze blue, and the narrow panels are decorated with a red chrysanthemum among gilt foliage on a ground of powder-blue, and the large ones enclose alternately chrysanthemum-plants and branches of Prunus-blossoms in various colours and gold, and inside the bowl is a chrysanthemum.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
Brief description | Tea bowl of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, in the Japanese style, and fluted with a wavy edge, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770. |
Physical description | Tea bowl of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, in the Japanese style, and fluted with a wavy edge, and the surface outside is divided into four large panels, separated by narrower panels, which radiated from a narrow band with flowers on a wavy stem reserved in white on a ground of underglaze blue, and the narrow panels are decorated with a red chrysanthemum among gilt foliage on a ground of powder-blue, and the large ones enclose alternately chrysanthemum-plants and branches of Prunus-blossoms in various colours and gold, and inside the bowl is a chrysanthemum. |
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Marks and inscriptions | A fretted square (In underglaze blue) |
Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
Object history | One of a set of two cup and saucers 414:638/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 534 to C) These pieces were given to Lady Charlotte Schreiber by Mrs Ridge, Cheltenham, in September 1867 |
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Other number | Sch. I 534B - Schreiber number |
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Accession number | 414:638/B-1885 |
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Record created | January 21, 2009 |
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