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

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea cup and saucer of bone china, painted in grey and sage-green enamels and gilded


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Bone china, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tea cup and saucer of bone china, painted in grey and sage-green enamels and gilded, made by Davenport & Co., Longport, ca. 1825
Physical description
Tea cup and saucer of bone china, painted in grey and sage-green enamels and gilded
Marks and inscriptions
'Davenport / LONGPORT' (Printed in red)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Wolfsohn or Wollfsohn, Dresden, for 12 shillings in August 1869 (in her Journals, vol. I, p. 29, she describes the purchase as a 'Green cup and saucer, imitating "Empire" Sèvres, signed Davenport, Longport, 12/-')
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 788&A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:791/&A-1885

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2009
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