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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

1771-1784 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste painted in colours and gilded. Decorated with small sprigs of flowers enclosed by green laurel swags twined about a brown line from which hang festoons of flowers in crimson.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste painted in colours and gilded
Brief description
Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste painted in colours and gilded, Oude Loosdrecht porcelain factory, Oud Loosdrecht, 1771-1784
Physical description
Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste painted in colours and gilded. Decorated with small sprigs of flowers enclosed by green laurel swags twined about a brown line from which hang festoons of flowers in crimson.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'M : o L' (Incised)
  • 'M : o L' (In underglaze blue)
  • 'L 49' (Incised)
Credit line
Given by Wilfred S. de Winton, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.526&A-1914

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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