Coffee Cup
ca. 1770 (made)
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Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Fluted with a scalloped edge and decorated with bouquets and sprigs of flowers below a border consisting of a wavy foliated stem in gold on a bleu de roiband. With a spray within a circle of turquoise-blue husk-pattern on the inside.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770. |
| Physical description | Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Fluted with a scalloped edge and decorated with bouquets and sprigs of flowers below a border consisting of a wavy foliated stem in gold on a bleu de roiband. With a spray within a circle of turquoise-blue husk-pattern on the inside. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | One of three cups and saucers C.402 to E-1935. |
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| Accession number | C.402B-1935 |
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| Record created | July 3, 2009 |
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