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

Artist/Maker	William Duesbury & Co. (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Derby (manufactured)

Mug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, with a glass bottom, and cylindrical with two reeded bands and a loop handle, and round the top is a continuous stem of laurel leaves and berries in gold on a bleu de roi band, and near the base is a wreath of gilt leaves entwined with a blue line.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Mug
Materials and techniques	Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and with a glass bottom Soft Paste Porcelain Glass Painted Gilded
Brief description	Mug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, with a glass bottom, and cylindrical with two reeded bands and a loop handle, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1780.
Physical description	Mug of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, with a glass bottom, and cylindrical with two reeded bands and a loop handle, and round the top is a continuous stem of laurel leaves and berries in gold on a bleu de roi band, and near the base is a wreath of gilt leaves entwined with a blue line.
Dimensions	Height: 11.4cm Diameter: 8.9cm
Credit line	Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history	Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Hamille, [rue Vieux], Versailles, for 6 shillings 6 pence in June 1871
Subjects depicted	Laurel Berry
Other number	Sch. I 393 - Schreiber number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	414:469-1885

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Record created	August 14, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O165779/mug-william-duesbury/

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