Coffee Cup
17th century - 18th century (made)
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Cup, bell-shaped with loop handle. Painted outsdie with a Chinese figure and pagodas in three shaped panels reserved on a ground of floral ornament, above a band of oblique gadrooning in red, blue, green, yellow, black and glod. Around the inside is a formal border in red. Overdecorated in London, early 18th century.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in colours |
| Brief description | Coffee cup, porcelain, decorated with figures, flowers and a band of gadrooning, Chinese, 17th - 18th century |
| Physical description | Cup, bell-shaped with loop handle. Painted outsdie with a Chinese figure and pagodas in three shaped panels reserved on a ground of floral ornament, above a band of oblique gadrooning in red, blue, green, yellow, black and glod. Around the inside is a formal border in red. Overdecorated in London, early 18th century. |
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| Credit line | Presented by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall DSO with Art Fund support |
| Object history | Given by Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Dingwall D.S.O. with Art Fund support, accessioned in 1912. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
| Production | from label |
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| Bibliographic reference | The overglaze decoration was previously attributed to be made in Holland, is now generally accepted to be made in London. See Manners, Errol, ‘The English Decoration of Oriental Porcelain: Some overlooked groups 1700-1750’, ECC Transactions, vol. 19, no. 1, (2005), pp. 1-28. |
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| Accession number | C.329-1912 |
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| Record created | February 14, 2003 |
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