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

Mug

ca. 1753-55 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Bell-shaped with loop handle. Painted in Chinese style with figures, tables with vases of flowers and a bird on a perch, in red, yellow, green, blue, pink and black.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1753-55
Physical description
Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Bell-shaped with loop handle. Painted in Chinese style with figures, tables with vases of flowers and a bird on a perch, in red, yellow, green, blue, pink and black.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
  • Diameter: 10.5cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'10' (In red)
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For another of this pattern, see E. Adams and D. Redstone, Bow Porcelain (revised edition, 1991), pl. 51 (where dated 1753-55)
Collection
Accession number
C.957-1924

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Record createdJune 15, 2009
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