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

Tea Cup

1759-1762 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with a scene in the manner of Watteau with a man playing the guitar to a lady, and they are sitting on a rocky bank near a classical column.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tea cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, Frankenthal, 1759-1762.
Physical description
Tea cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with a scene in the manner of Watteau with a man playing the guitar to a lady, and they are sitting on a rocky bank near a classical column.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.8cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'I H' (Impressed)
  • A crowned lion rampant (In underglaze blue)
  • '1' with four dots (Impressed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1559-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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