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

Coffee Cup

late 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain, for the Turkish market. Painted in underglaze blue with pomegranates, partly gilt and with bands of gold neo-classical chain ornament.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and gilt
Brief description
Coffee cup, hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, late 18th century
Physical description
Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain, for the Turkish market. Painted in underglaze blue with pomegranates, partly gilt and with bands of gold neo-classical chain ornament.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (Factory mark, in underglaze blue)
  • '6' (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Object history
Made for the Turkish market.
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
Collection
Accession number
C.390-1914

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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