Caudle or Chocolate Cup, Cover and Saucer
ca. 1770 (made)
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Caudle or chocolate cup, cover and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with pink stripes imitating figured silk ribbons, alternating with garlands of flowers in green outlined in grey. Gilt edges.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Caudle or chocolate cup, cover and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, ca. 1770. |
| Physical description | Caudle or chocolate cup, cover and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with pink stripes imitating figured silk ribbons, alternating with garlands of flowers in green outlined in grey. Gilt edges. |
| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor (Painted in gold on both pieces. Both parts are heavily specked and appear to be refired, suggesting that the mark is a later addition.) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
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| Accession number | C.230 to B-1935 |
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| Record created | June 19, 2009 |
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