Cup
ca. 1780 (made)
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Cup of hard-paste porcelain. Squat, with convex sides and an outcurved lip, the inside fluted. Outside, an Oriental hedge-pattern and floral sprays in a faint smudged underglaze blue is painted over with Oriental floral sprays in enamel colours and gilt. Inside, at the bottom, a medallion with a leafy spray in underglaze blue, details added in colours and gilt; round the lip, formal borders of yellow panels and purple berries.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Cup, hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and enamels and gilt, possibly Ansbach porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1780 |
| Physical description | Cup of hard-paste porcelain. Squat, with convex sides and an outcurved lip, the inside fluted. Outside, an Oriental hedge-pattern and floral sprays in a faint smudged underglaze blue is painted over with Oriental floral sprays in enamel colours and gilt. Inside, at the bottom, a medallion with a leafy spray in underglaze blue, details added in colours and gilt; round the lip, formal borders of yellow panels and purple berries. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr Bernard Watney |
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| Accession number | C.80-1957 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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