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Coffee Cup

ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Derby Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Derby (made)

Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with the crest of the Marquis of Hertford. With a gilt wavy edge and a broad border of wicker-pattern in relief. The badge in the front consists of the crest enclosed within a blue garter inscribed in gold 'HONI . SOIT . QUI . MAL . Y . PENSE', and surmounted by a marquis's coronet.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Coffee cup
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Soft Paste Porcelain
Enamels
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1825.
Physical description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with the crest of the Marquis of Hertford. With a gilt wavy edge and a broad border of wicker-pattern in relief. The badge in the front consists of the crest enclosed within a blue garter inscribed in gold 'HONI . SOIT . QUI . MAL . Y . PENSE', and surmounted by a marquis's coronet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.4cm
  • Diameter: 6.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'HONI . SOIT . QUI . MAL . Y . PENSE' (Inscribed in gold on the crest)
  • 'D' under the crown and crossed batons with six dots
  • '2' (In red)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Part of six coffee cups and saucers C.335 to K-1935. Probably made for the Francis Charles, 3rd Marquis of Hertford, K.G., who succeeded his father in 1822 and died in 1842. Formerly in the collection of Sir John Murray Scott, Bart.
Subject depicted
Crest
Bibliographic reference
Wharf, Colin & Freda. Armorials Project. The Marquis of Hertford. Derby Porcelain International Society. Newsletter No. 24, 1992.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.335J-1935

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Record createdJune 29, 2009
Record URL
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