Coffee Cup and Saucer
ca. 1780 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Coffee cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Fluted and with a scalloped edge. Painted with festoons of flowers in black and green hung over a gilt line.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
|
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Coffee cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1780. |
| Physical description | Coffee cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Fluted and with a scalloped edge. Painted with festoons of flowers in black and green hung over a gilt line. |
| Marks and inscriptions | A cross and '1' (In overglaze blue) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | Part of two coffee cups and saucers with C.643B&C-1935. Part of the same service as C.642&A-1935. Formerly in the Alfred Trapnell Collection. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.643&A-1935 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest
