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

Cup of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and over the glaze in colours and gilded. Outside round the base are vertical panels alternately blue and white, the latter painted with scrolls alternately red and mauve. Above are green and blue borders. Inside are sprays of flowers on white.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and over the glaze in colours and gilded
Brief description
Cup of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and over the glaze in colours and gilded, painted by Anton Hauser, Imperial Vienna Porcelain factory, Vienna, late 18th century
Physical description
Cup of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and over the glaze in colours and gilded. Outside round the base are vertical panels alternately blue and white, the latter painted with scrolls alternately red and mauve. Above are green and blue borders. Inside are sprays of flowers on white.
Marks and inscriptions
  • A shield with the arms of Austria (In underglaze blue)
  • '13' (In underglaze blue, number of the painter)
  • '81' (Impressed)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.543-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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