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

Mug

ca. 1785 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and gilded. Cylindrical in shape with a grooved loop handle and decorated with alternating designs of formal flowers and foliage in narrow vertical panels in blue and gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and gilded
Brief description
Cylindrical mug of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and gilded, probably Thomas Flight's factory, Worcester, ca. 1785.
Physical description
Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and gilded. Cylindrical in shape with a grooved loop handle and decorated with alternating designs of formal flowers and foliage in narrow vertical panels in blue and gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
  • Diameter: 8.6cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a pair with C.545A-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.545-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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