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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. 1754-55 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical in shape with a slightly spreading foot and loop handle. Painted in Chinese style with two figures at a table, and another holding a flowering spray. Coloured in green, yellow, pink, red, blue and gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Cylindrical mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, ca. 1754-55
Physical description
Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical in shape with a slightly spreading foot and loop handle. Painted in Chinese style with two figures at a table, and another holding a flowering spray. Coloured in green, yellow, pink, red, blue and gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.1cm
  • Diameter: 9.8cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
A stroke (Incised in the footring)
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Collection
Accession number
C.1239-1924

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Record createdJune 9, 2009
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