Coffee Cup
1774 (made)
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Coffee cup, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, with a looped handle in the form of a bent twig; painted with festoons of flowers hanging from a border of narrow gilt scrolls
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Coffee cup, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, with a looped handle in the form of a bent twig, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, 1774 |
| Physical description | Coffee cup, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, with a looped handle in the form of a bent twig; painted with festoons of flowers hanging from a border of narrow gilt scrolls |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '1774' and a cross with the initials 'IH' (Painted in crimson, inside on the bottom.) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of two cup with 414:780/A-1885 (Sch. I 763A). The mark of the cross is the mark of the Bristol factory, and the initials 'IH' are thought to be those of Joseph Harford, iron merchant of Bristol and a partner of Champion in the ownership of a factory there between 1768 and 1769. The service from which these cups were part of was probably made for Joseph Hickey, a London agent for the Bristol porcelain works. These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mr Edkins, Bristol, for £2 in February 1869 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 763 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:780-1885 |
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| Record created | February 11, 2009 |
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