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

Tea Cup and Saucer

ca. 1740-1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Lobed, scalloped shapes of oval section. Composite curved handle. Sea-green ground. The cup with two lobed reserves with a harbour scene and elegant figures in a landscape; inside two red circles enclosing a river view. The saucer painted with elegant figures in a landscape within a rich gold and brown scroll and palmette cartouche. Running gold foliage inside rims. Gilt handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tea Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Tea cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740-45
Physical description
Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Lobed, scalloped shapes of oval section. Composite curved handle. Sea-green ground. The cup with two lobed reserves with a harbour scene and elegant figures in a landscape; inside two red circles enclosing a river view. The saucer painted with elegant figures in a landscape within a rich gold and brown scroll and palmette cartouche. Running gold foliage inside rims. Gilt handle.
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed swords (Factory mark, in underglaze blue)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Florence Augusta Beare in memory of Arthur Doveton Clarke
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1012&A-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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