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

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1815-1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teacup and saucer of bone china, painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with three birds of brilliant plumage perched on branches of flowering trees.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tea cup and saucer of bone china painted with enamels and gilded, Herculaneum Factory, Liverpool, ca. 1815-1820.
Physical description
Teacup and saucer of bone china, painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with three birds of brilliant plumage perched on branches of flowering trees.
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Given by Miss Ffarington. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
Production
For another similar attributed to Herculaneum and dated ca. 1815-20, see Peter Hyland, The Herculaneum Pottery (2005), fig. 144.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3597&A-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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