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Coffee Cup

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with a pattern in imitation of Japanese Imari ware, divided into panels containing conventional flowering plants and rockwork, and painted in underglaze blue, green, red and with gilding.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1820.
Physical description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with a pattern in imitation of Japanese Imari ware, divided into panels containing conventional flowering plants and rockwork, and painted in underglaze blue, green, red and with gilding.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.9cm
  • Diameter: 6.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '35'
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Part of two cups and saucers C.336 to C-1935.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.336B-1935

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Record createdJune 29, 2009
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