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

Mug

1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of hard-paste porcelain painted in crimson camaïeu and gilded. Loop handle painted with sprays of flowers. Round the body is a landscape in which is a group of figures and horses in the foreground. Round the top and bottom are bands of reeding, partly gilt. Signed in the left-hand lower corner of a landscape.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in crimson camaïeu and gilded
Brief description
Mug of hard-paste porcelain painted in crimson camaïeu and gilded, Germany, 1750
Physical description
Mug of hard-paste porcelain painted in crimson camaïeu and gilded. Loop handle painted with sprays of flowers. Round the body is a landscape in which is a group of figures and horses in the foreground. Round the top and bottom are bands of reeding, partly gilt. Signed in the left-hand lower corner of a landscape.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.9cm
  • Diameter: 11.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'C. Wedin [indistinct] 1750' (Signed in the left-hand lower corner of a landscape)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
901-1855

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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