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

Cup and Saucer

1790-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Worcester Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Worcester (manufactured)

Cup and saucer, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain. The cup has no handle. Oblique fluting and undulating edge. Painted in enamels with sprays of flowers and foliage.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Cup and saucer
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt
Soft Paste Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Cup and saucer, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, Worcester Porcelain factory, with fake Derby mark, 1790-1800
Physical description
Cup and saucer, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain. The cup has no handle. Oblique fluting and undulating edge. Painted in enamels with sprays of flowers and foliage.
Dimensions
  • Cup height: 5.1cm
  • Cup diameter: 8.5cm
  • Saucer diameter: 13.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Conjoined anchor and 'D' (Fake factory mark painted (overglaze) in purple on underside of both pieces)
  • 'N' (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in black in the angle of the foot ring of both pieces)
  • '192' (pattern number) (Fake pattern number painted (overglaze) in purple on underside of cup)
Credit line
Given by A. H. S. Bunford
Production
This cup and saucer appear to be Worcester porcelain to which fake Derby marks were added at some later date. Note that the anchor intersecting D was used until 1783, but that pattern numbers were not painted onto the wares until about 1784. These pieces are discussed in Stephen Mitchell, The Marks on Chelse-Derby and early Crossed-Batons useful wares, 1770-c.1790 (2007), p.68 and pl. 52(ii).
Subjects depicted
Flowers
Foliage
Fluted
Bibliographic reference
Mitchell, Stephen. The Marks on Chelsea-Derby and Early Crossed Batons Useful Wares. London: SGM Books, 2007, Pl. 52ii.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.1427&A-1924

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
Record URL
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