Cup
ca. 1740 (made)
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Cup of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Straight-sided tall cup drown into a narrow base-ring. Plain strap handle with solid gilding. In an oval panel in the front is a scene of ladies and gentlemen, with a dwarf, walking on a quay side. The panel is outlined with a plain gold band, outside which is a wreath of leaves and flowers. To either side of this panel is a bunch of flowers tied with a ribbon. On the inside of the cup, below a plain broad gold band, is a border composed of fishes with water falling from their mouths, and alternating with scallop shell motifs.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded |
Brief description | Cup of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded, made in Jingdezhen, painted in the workshop of Johann Friedrich Metsch at Bayreuth, ca. 1740 |
Physical description | Cup of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Straight-sided tall cup drown into a narrow base-ring. Plain strap handle with solid gilding. In an oval panel in the front is a scene of ladies and gentlemen, with a dwarf, walking on a quay side. The panel is outlined with a plain gold band, outside which is a wreath of leaves and flowers. To either side of this panel is a bunch of flowers tied with a ribbon. On the inside of the cup, below a plain broad gold band, is a border composed of fishes with water falling from their mouths, and alternating with scallop shell motifs. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'No. 17' (In red) |
Credit line | Given by Mr Louis Cahen |
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Accession number | C.54-1957 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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