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

Cup

ca. 1780-1791 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain panels painted with enamels and gilded. Round the top is a ropework border in gold and below is a row of gold festoons and garland with flower pots. In the front is an oval medallion showing a basket of flowers standing on a table.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Clignancourt porcelain factory, Paris, ca. 1780-1791.
Physical description
Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain panels painted with enamels and gilded. Round the top is a ropework border in gold and below is a row of gold festoons and garland with flower pots. In the front is an oval medallion showing a basket of flowers standing on a table.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.9cm
  • Diameter: 6.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
(Blurred mark in red enamel)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Production
Acquired as 'French, c. 1800, mark undecipherable'. Mark identified as Clignacourt, and object redated to c. 1790 in 1921.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1333-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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