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

Cup

1725-1730 (made), middle of 18th century (decorated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, gilded and with applied relief. No handle. Moulded in relief outside with four sprays of plum blossom, and inside on the bottom with a spray of flowers enclosed by a band of gold above which are four smaller sprays. The outside is painted with a landscape with buildings and figures of a man and two women.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, gilded and with applied relief and moulded
Brief description
Tea cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Meissen porcelain factory, Meissen, 1725-1730, and painted in the workshop of Franz Ferdinand Mayer, Pressnitz, middle of 18th century
Physical description
Tea cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, gilded and with applied relief. No handle. Moulded in relief outside with four sprays of plum blossom, and inside on the bottom with a spray of flowers enclosed by a band of gold above which are four smaller sprays. The outside is painted with a landscape with buildings and figures of a man and two women.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.4cm
  • Diameter: 7.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed swords (In underglaze blue)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.421-1922

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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