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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. 1715 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain (Böttger porcelain). Decorated with moulded and applied sprays of roses and foliage in relief. High footrings.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tea Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain (Böttger porcelain) with moulded and applied decoration in relief
Brief description
Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain (Böttger porcelain), with moulded and applied decoration in relief, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1715
Physical description
Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain (Böttger porcelain). Decorated with moulded and applied sprays of roses and foliage in relief. High footrings.
Style
Credit line
Given by Rev. G. A. Schneider
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1946, Pl. VII (b), p. 43.
Collection
Accession number
C.396&A-1918

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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