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

Mug

ca. 1840 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Cylindrical with a scroll handle picked out in gold. Moulded foot. Painted with a view of Worcester in an oval reserve on a ground of gilt seaweed.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in colours, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Mug of porcelain painted in colours and gilded, Grainger & Co., Worcester, ca. 1840
Physical description
Mug of porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Cylindrical with a scroll handle picked out in gold. Moulded foot. Painted with a view of Worcester in an oval reserve on a ground of gilt seaweed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.9cm
  • Diameter: 8.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Worcester by G.Rogers 93 High Street' (In brown)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.20-1915

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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