Coffee Cup
ca. 1795 (made)
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Coffee cup in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Cylindrical, with slightly everted rim and footring. Painted scroll handle. Painted in green, purple, yellow and brown with an exotic bird perched on a branch, and insects, Gilt rim, handle, footring.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze, painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Coffee cup, made in Staffordshire, England, about 1785-1800, hard-paste porcelain with a lead glaze painted in enamels |
| Physical description | Coffee cup in hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels. Cylindrical, with slightly everted rim and footring. Painted scroll handle. Painted in green, purple, yellow and brown with an exotic bird perched on a branch, and insects, Gilt rim, handle, footring. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A crown with crossed 'C's (Painted in reddish brown enamel, perhaps in imitation of Ludwigsburg's mark) |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Stuart G. Davis |
| Production | Attributed to Keeling by Roger Pomfret, October 2009 |
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| Accession number | C.299-1951 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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