Cup, Cover and Saucer
first half of 19th century (made)
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Cup, cover and saucer of porcelain, painted in colours and decorated with gilding. On the front of the cup and in the middle of the saucer are exotic birds in a landscape, in a medallion reserved in white on a turquoise-blue ground and surrounded by gilt floral scrolls. Each piece has a border of gilt scrollwork; the cup has a loop handle formed of two intertwined stems, and the knob of the cover is in the form of a flower-bud.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Cup, cover and saucer, porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, Coalport Porcelain Factory, Shropshire, first half of 19th century |
| Physical description | Cup, cover and saucer of porcelain, painted in colours and decorated with gilding. On the front of the cup and in the middle of the saucer are exotic birds in a landscape, in a medallion reserved in white on a turquoise-blue ground and surrounded by gilt floral scrolls. Each piece has a border of gilt scrollwork; the cup has a loop handle formed of two intertwined stems, and the knob of the cover is in the form of a flower-bud. |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
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| Accession number | 3367 to B-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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