Cup and Saucer

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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 (made)

Chocolate cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and moulded with an overlapping peacock featheror artichoke leaf pattern in slight relief, and painted in crimson, yellow, and turquoise blue, and with gilt festoons of laurel leaves.

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 painted with enamels, gilded and moulded Soft Paste Porcelain Painted Gilded Moulded
Brief description	Chocolate cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and moulded with an overlapping peacock feather or artichoke leaf pattern, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1775.
Physical description	Chocolate cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and moulded with an overlapping peacock featheror artichoke leaf pattern in slight relief, and painted in crimson, yellow, and turquoise blue, and with gilt festoons of laurel leaves.
Credit line	Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history	Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Cavalle or Cavallo, London, for £2 5 shillings in December 1866. Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Subjects depicted	Laurel Peacock Feathers
Other number	Sch.I 218&A - Schreiber number
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	414:396/&A-1885

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Record created	August 14, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O165846/cup-and-saucer-william-duesbury/

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