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

Beaker and Saucer

ca. 1720-1725 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Beaker and saucer of porcelain, gilded with scenes of European figures in a landscape vignettes on strap and scrollwork pedestals, and with scroll-edged borders to the rim. With traces of lustre.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Beaker
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, gilded and with traces of lustre
Brief description
Beaker and saucer of porcelain, gilded in Augsburg, Meissen porcelain factory, Meissen, ca. 1720-1725.
Physical description
Beaker and saucer of porcelain, gilded with scenes of European figures in a landscape vignettes on strap and scrollwork pedestals, and with scroll-edged borders to the rim. With traces of lustre.
Marks and inscriptions
H,R (In lustre)
Credit line
From the Arthur and Hilde Weiner Collection. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the V&A, 2006
Object history
Formerly in the Arthur and Hilde Weiner Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.38:1, 2-2006

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Record createdApril 21, 2009
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