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

Cup

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of white hard-paste porcelain moulded in relief. Nearly cylindrical with the lower part concave. Rectangular handle with a twisted rod in the middle. Round the top is a border of festooned drapery in slight relief.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain moulded in relief
Brief description
Coffee cup of white hard-paste porcelain moulded in relief, Höchst porcelain factory, Höchst, ca. 1780
Physical description
Coffee cup of white hard-paste porcelain moulded in relief. Nearly cylindrical with the lower part concave. Rectangular handle with a twisted rod in the middle. Round the top is a border of festooned drapery in slight relief.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.7cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A wheel (In blue)
  • 'H / 13' (Incised)
Credit line
Given by Wilfred S. de Winton, Esq.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.547-1914

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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