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

Hop-trellis

Coffee Cup and Saucer
ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup and saucer of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, in imitation of Sèvres porcelain, fluted and with a scalloped edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffee Cup
  • Saucer
TitleHop-trellis (series title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup and saucer of porcelain with the 'hop-trellis' pattern, painted with enamels and gilded, in imitation of Sèvres porcelain, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Coffee cup and saucer of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, in imitation of Sèvres porcelain, fluted and with a scalloped edge.
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of the same service, based on a ca. 1764 Sèvres service, with 414:605/&A-1885 (Sch. I 584&A); 414:613-1885 (Sch. I 585); 414:621/&A-1885 (Sch. I 586&A); 414:644/&A-1885 (Sch. I 587&A); 414:657/&A-1885 (Sch. I 588&A)
This cup and saucer was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dennery Benjamin, Metz, for £1 1 shilling in September 1873
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 588&A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:657/&A-1885

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Record createdJanuary 26, 2009
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