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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Coffee Cup

ca. 1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of salt-glazed stoneware, moulded in low relief, and in panels separated by vertical or radial lines are representations of subjects such as a tea-party, a huntsman, Cupid on a lion, the fable of the Fox and the Crane, a fox stealing a goose, shields of arms, double-headed eagles, stags, and other animals, and with a reeded loop handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware and moulded in low relief
Brief description
Coffee cup of salt-glazed stoneware, moulded in low relief, and with a reeded loop handle, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1745.
Physical description
Coffee cup of salt-glazed stoneware, moulded in low relief, and in panels separated by vertical or radial lines are representations of subjects such as a tea-party, a huntsman, Cupid on a lion, the fable of the Fox and the Crane, a fox stealing a goose, shields of arms, double-headed eagles, stags, and other animals, and with a reeded loop handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.7cm
  • Diameter: 6.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of a set of two tea bowls and saucers and two coffee-cups 414:1024/ to E-1885 (Sch. II 120 to E).
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 120D - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1024/D-1885

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
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