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

Mug

ca. 1780-84 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with a globular body, a wide reeded cylindrical neck, and a loop handle, and round the shoulder is a border of gilt rosettes on a scalloped blue de roi band, and round the rim is a plain band of the same colour edged with gold, and the remaining surface is painted with bouquets and sprays of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Mug of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with a globular body, a wide reeded cylindrical neck, and a loop handle, made by Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1780-1784
Physical description
Mug of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and with a globular body, a wide reeded cylindrical neck, and a loop handle, and round the shoulder is a border of gilt rosettes on a scalloped blue de roi band, and round the rim is a plain band of the same colour edged with gold, and the remaining surface is painted with bouquets and sprays of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.2cm
  • Diameter: 7.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
A crown / 'D' (In purple)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Kerridge, London, for £2 10 shillings in February 1873
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 392 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:467-1885

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Record createdApril 28, 2006
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