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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

1830-1837 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Bone china, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Cup and saucer of bone china, painted in enamels and gilt, Rockingham Ceramic Factory, England (Swinton), 1830-1837
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.
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Known as "Rockingham porcelain."
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Rice, D. G. The illustrated guide to Rockingham pottery and porcelain. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1971, pl. 113.
Collection
Accession number
3161&A-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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