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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain cup and saucer, decorated with gilt panels and borders against a green ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Porcelain cup and saucer, decorated with gilt panels and borders on green ground, Paris, ca. 1790
Physical description
Porcelain cup and saucer, decorated with gilt panels and borders against a green ground.
Gallery label
Gallery 128 Decant 2003 Probably made at an unidentified Paris factory(07/06/2004)
Credit line
Given by Miss H. M. Gulson in memory of Mr J. Spode.
Production
Acquired as Spode, probably because it was owned by a descendent of the Spode family and came to the Museum with a large collection of Spode.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
394&A-1899

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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