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

Mug

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug, of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue; inverted bell-shaped with a loop handle; painted with a landscape in which are a pavilion among rocks, pine-trees and bamboos; with a formal border of cresting


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Mug, of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, inverted bell-shaped with a loop handle, made by Plymouth Porcelain Factory, Plymouth, ca. 1770
Physical description
Mug, of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue; inverted bell-shaped with a loop handle; painted with a landscape in which are a pavilion among rocks, pine-trees and bamboos; with a formal border of cresting
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Diameter: 7.9cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
The sign for tin (In blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mr C. Prideaux, Knightsbridge, for 15 shillings in November 1868
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 690 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:712-1885

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2009
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