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

Mug

1783-93 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical in shape with an oval boss on the top of the handle. Decorated with three bouquets in gold below a wavy gilt stem of foliage on a pale salmon-coloured border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Cylindrical mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Caughley porcelain factory, probably enamelled and gilded at Chamberlain's factory, Worcester, ca. 1783-93
Physical description
Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical in shape with an oval boss on the top of the handle. Decorated with three bouquets in gold below a wavy gilt stem of foliage on a pale salmon-coloured border.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.1cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.546-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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