Coffee Cup
ca. 1790 (made)
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Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Straight-sided; low foot; loop handle. Painted on the outside with a wreath of blue and pink formal 'cornflowers' and leaves between gilt bands and dots; flower sprays on the body; gilded leaves on the handle inside, gilded cresting round the rim and a wrath of formal leaves below; a coloured flower on the base.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Coffee cup, soft-paste porcelain, James Neale & Co., Staffordshire, ca. 1790 |
| Physical description | Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Straight-sided; low foot; loop handle. Painted on the outside with a wreath of blue and pink formal 'cornflowers' and leaves between gilt bands and dots; flower sprays on the body; gilded leaves on the handle inside, gilded cresting round the rim and a wrath of formal leaves below; a coloured flower on the base. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Edmund Raftery |
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| Accession number | C.271-1938 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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