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

Coffee Cup

ca. 1769 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Round the rim is a border of gilt panels interlaced with purple scrollwork. Below is an exotic bird on a branch. Scroll handle.


Object details

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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, decorated by Louis-Victor Gerverot, Weesp porcelain factory, Netherlands, ca. 1769.
Physical description
Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Round the rim is a border of gilt panels interlaced with purple scrollwork. Below is an exotic bird on a branch. Scroll handle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.9cm
  • Diameter: 6.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
Crossed swords with three dots between the points (Painted in underglaze blue)
Gallery label
Coffee cup Decorated by Louis-Victor Gerverot, made by Weesp porcelain factory, Netherlands about 1769 Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt C.1662-1919 J. G. Joicey Bequest(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1662-1919

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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