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

Cup

1745-1748 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup of soft-paste porcelain. Of quatre-lobed bell form with a spiral shell moulding and with a design of moulded prunus blossoms springing from the terminals of the crabstock handle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain and moulded
Brief description
Cup of soft-paste porcelain and moulded, Limehouse Porcelain Factory, Limehouse, 1745-1748.
Physical description
Cup of soft-paste porcelain. Of quatre-lobed bell form with a spiral shell moulding and with a design of moulded prunus blossoms springing from the terminals of the crabstock handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.4cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.47-1962

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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