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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Cup

ca. 1795 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teacup with slightly spreading sides. Painted on one side with a shield of arms of Neale, Gules two bars gemel argent, on a chief of the second five trefoils azure, quartering Barry's (with tincture transposed), painted Gules three bars embattled on top gules. The coat has a crescent for difference, for a second son or his line. The crest should be a tower gules, out of the battlements a pelican rising wings displayed or vulning herself proper. A border of four-dots florets round the rim. Inside is a border of gilt stars on a blue enamel ground. Gilt band has been added here and around the foot.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in overglaze enamels and gilt
Brief description
Teacup, porcelain, painted in overglaze enamels and gilt with the arms of Neale quartering Barry; China, Qing dynasty, ca. 1795
Physical description
Teacup with slightly spreading sides. Painted on one side with a shield of arms of Neale, Gules two bars gemel argent, on a chief of the second five trefoils azure, quartering Barry's (with tincture transposed), painted Gules three bars embattled on top gules. The coat has a crescent for difference, for a second son or his line. The crest should be a tower gules, out of the battlements a pelican rising wings displayed or vulning herself proper. A border of four-dots florets round the rim. Inside is a border of gilt stars on a blue enamel ground. Gilt band has been added here and around the foot.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 8.9cm
Styles
Credit line
Given by Mr P. Cooke
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Howard, David Sanctuary. Chinese armorial porcelain. Vol. I, London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1974, p. 761. ISBN 0571098118
Collection
Accession number
FE.95-1978

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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