Cup and Saucer
1801 (dated)
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Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. The cup is cylindrical, has a rectangular handles, and is decorated on the front with an octagonal panel painted in colours on a chocolate ground with Cupid in a wheeled tub driving two sea-serpents; the remaining surface of the cup and inside of the saucer are decorated with pink and white bands, enriched with conventional leaf-ornament in gold.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels; Imperial Vienna Porcelain factory, Austria (Vienna), dated 1801 |
| Physical description | Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. The cup is cylindrical, has a rectangular handles, and is decorated on the front with an octagonal panel painted in colours on a chocolate ground with Cupid in a wheeled tub driving two sea-serpents; the remaining surface of the cup and inside of the saucer are decorated with pink and white bands, enriched with conventional leaf-ornament in gold. |
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| Accession number | 308&A-1876 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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