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

Cup

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours with a bouquet and sprays of flowers and a butterfly; inside is a border of scrolls in mauve.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Cup of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, Worcester porcelain factory, England, ca. 1760
Physical description
Cup of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours with a bouquet and sprays of flowers and a butterfly; inside is a border of scrolls in mauve.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.7cm
  • Diameter: 5.7cm
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Historical context
For a similar or matching teacup and saucer, but marked '9', see 3201-1901
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Honey, W. B. Old English porcelain London: Faber & Faber, 1948, Pl. 80A, P. 170.
  • For a tea bowl and saucer, see S. Spero and J. Sandon, Worcester Porcelain ... The Zorensky Collection, 1996, no. 98 (where dated ca. 1760)
Collection
Accession number
3331-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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