Cup
ca. 1749 (made)
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Cup of soft-paste porcelain with applied decoration of flowers and leaves. Beaker-shaped with the sides made up of eight lobes, rising to a flaring and wavy rim. The sides are decorated with four applied sprays of flowers and leaves in high relief, which are placed so as to spiral round the cup. At the base is a moulded wavy ridge from which the sprays of flowers spring.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain with applied decoration and moulded |
| Brief description | Cup of soft-paste porcelain with applied decoration, Chelsea Porcelain factory, Chelsea, ca. 1749 |
| Physical description | Cup of soft-paste porcelain with applied decoration of flowers and leaves. Beaker-shaped with the sides made up of eight lobes, rising to a flaring and wavy rim. The sides are decorated with four applied sprays of flowers and leaves in high relief, which are placed so as to spiral round the cup. At the base is a moulded wavy ridge from which the sprays of flowers spring. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A trident through a coronet (In underglaze blue) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Rev. Arthur Le Blanc Grant Morris |
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| Accession number | C.61-1981 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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