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

Coffee Cup and Saucer

1873 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup and saucer of bone china transfer-printed and over-painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with playing cards printed in blue and painted over on a chocolate-brown ground edged with a gilt pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Bone china transfer-printed and over-painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup and saucer of bone china transfer-printed and over-painted with enamels and gilded, Minton & Co., 1873.
Physical description
Coffee cup and saucer of bone china transfer-printed and over-painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with playing cards printed in blue and painted over on a chocolate-brown ground edged with a gilt pattern.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Aslin, Elizabeth and Atterbury, Paul, Minton, 1798-1910 , London, H.M.S.O., 1976
Collection
Accession number
C.692&A-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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