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

Cup

ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Moulded with wavy fluting and painted with a formal border of flowers and foliage in crimson and purple connected by a wavy gilt band.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in colours, gilded and moulded
Brief description
Coffee cup of porcelain painted in colours and gilded, Thomas Flight's factory, Worcester, ca. 1790
Physical description
Coffee cup of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Moulded with wavy fluting and painted with a formal border of flowers and foliage in crimson and purple connected by a wavy gilt band.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm
  • Diameter: 6.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Flight' (Painted in purple)
Credit line
Given in memory of Mr Frederick Gill
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.399-1914

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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