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

Teacup, Coffee Cup and Saucer

ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teacup, coffee cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Fluted with scalloped edges and decorated with trellis-work and festoons of hop conventionally treated, between borders of scale-pattern on turquoise-blue bands.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Cups
  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Teacup, coffee cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1775
Physical description
Teacup, coffee cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Fluted with scalloped edges and decorated with trellis-work and festoons of hop conventionally treated, between borders of scale-pattern on turquoise-blue bands.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
The pattern is a version of the 'hop trellis' pattern copied from Sèvres porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.397 to B-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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