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Cup and saucer
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Cup and saucer
- Place of origin:
Swinton (made)
- Date:
1830-1837 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Rockingham Ceramic Factory (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Bone china, painted in enamels and gilt
- Credit Line:
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
- Museum number:
3161&A-1901
- Gallery location:
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 17, shelf 2 []
Physical description
Cup and saucer of bone china, painted in enamels and gilt. Both pieces have an undulating edge and are decorated with scrolls and garlands of roses, thistles, shamrocks and leeks in gold enclosing panels coloured green; in the interspaces are festoons of forget-me-nots in colours, and inside the cup and in the middle of the saucer is a royal crown.
Place of Origin
Swinton (made)
Date
1830-1837 (made)
Artist/maker
Rockingham Ceramic Factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Bone china, painted in enamels and gilt
Object history note
Known as "Rockingham porcelain."
Descriptive line
Cup and saucer of bone china, painted in enamels and gilt, Rockingham Ceramic Factory, England (Swinton), 1830-1837
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Rice, D. G. The illustrated guide to Rockingham pottery and porcelain. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1971, pl. 113.
Materials
Bone china; Enamel
Techniques
Painted; Gilt
Subjects depicted
Scrollwork; Thistles (plants); Roses; Shamrocks; Forget-me-nots (flowers); Plants, leeks; Crowns (headdresses)
Categories
Ceramics; Bone China
Collection
Ceramics Collection