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

Tea Cup and Saucer

ca. 1740-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue with bands of scale ornament with reserves with figures fishing and birds; panels of insects, rocks and stylised oriental flowers and roundels of Indian flowers and birds.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tea Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Tea cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740-1750
Physical description
Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue with bands of scale ornament with reserves with figures fishing and birds; panels of insects, rocks and stylised oriental flowers and roundels of Indian flowers and birds.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords with 'dot' hilts (Factory mark, painted in underglaze blue)
  • '52' (Impressed)
  • 'R' (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Dr. Owen Pritchard
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.600&A-1920

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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