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

Cup

1761-1763 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Slightly incurved sides with a scrolled loop handle picked out in gold. Painted on the sides in irregular gilt bordered panels reserved on a yellow ground with bunches of flowers and leaves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tea cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Gotzkowsky's porcelain factory, Berlin, 1761-1763.
Physical description
Tea cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Slightly incurved sides with a scrolled loop handle picked out in gold. Painted on the sides in irregular gilt bordered panels reserved on a yellow ground with bunches of flowers and leaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.4cm
  • Diameter: 5.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'G' (In blue)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.32-1922

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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