Cup and Saucer
ca. 1770-75 (made)
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Coffee cup and saucer of porcelain painted in underglaze blue and iron red enamel, moulded and gilded.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and iron red enamel, moulded and gilded |
| Brief description | Coffee cup and saucer of porcelain painted in underglaze colours, moulded and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770-75 |
| Physical description | Coffee cup and saucer of porcelain painted in underglaze blue and iron red enamel, moulded and gilded. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Algernon Brent, Esq. |
| Production | The decoration in iron red enamel was probably added outside the factory |
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| Bibliographic reference | For a coffee pot with similar decoration, S. Spero and J. Sandon, Worcester Porcelain ... The Zorensky Collection, 1996, no. 463 (where the enamelling is attributed to an independent enameller and dated ca. 1772) |
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| Accession number | C.181&A-1916 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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