Cup and Saucer

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

Artist/Maker	Derby Porcelain Factory (manufacturer) Fürstenberg Porcelain (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Derby (manufactured) Fürstenberg (made)

The cup has a loop handle and is painted with figures in a landscape with ruins and a castle. The saucer is painted with ruins seen between two clumps of trees. Both have borders of rococo scrollwork in gold and scattered sprigs of flowers.

Object details

Categories	Ceramics Porcelain Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
Object type	Cup and saucer
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Cup Saucer
Materials and techniques	Hard-paste porcelain (saucer) and soft-paste porcelain (cup), painted in enamels and gilded Porcelain
Brief description	Cup and saucer, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, Derby Porcelain Factory (cup) and Fürstenberg (saucer), ca. 1770-1780
Physical description	The cup has a loop handle and is painted with figures in a landscape with ruins and a castle. The saucer is painted with ruins seen between two clumps of trees. Both have borders of rococo scrollwork in gold and scattered sprigs of flowers.
Dimensions	Cup height: 6.3cm Cup diameter: 7.6cm Saucer diameter: 13.3cm Dimensions converted from imperial
Marks and inscriptions	'D' surmounted by a crown and crossed batons and six dots (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) on underside of cup) 'F' (Maker's mark painted (underglaze) in blue on underside of saucer)
Credit line	Given by Dr W. M. Tapp
Object history	The saucer was made in Fürstenberg and the cup is evidently a replacement made at Derby for the original cup. Formerly owned by Major W.H. Tapp, M.C.
Production	Register - the saucer is German (Fürstenberg) about 1770. The cup replaced at Derby a little later.
Bibliographic reference	'A Miscellany of Pieces', English Ceramic Circle Transactions.Vol. 2, No. 8, 1942, p. 134.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	C.72&A-1937

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Record created	August 14, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O165310/cup-and-saucer-derby-porcelain-factory/

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