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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 140, Factory Ceramics

Cup

1903-1905 (designed), ca. 1905 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cast porcelain cup of ovoid shape with lobed rim and the handle flat-topped and split at the lower end. Hand-painted with underglaze decoration of repeating pattern in blue of single leaf and stalk and, in relief and painted, a bud.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Cast porcelain with hand-painted underglaze decoration
Brief description
Cup, part of a service, cast porcelain with hand-painted underglaze decoration, designed by Richard Riemerschmid, manufactured by Meissen, Germany, ca. 1905.
Physical description
Cast porcelain cup of ovoid shape with lobed rim and the handle flat-topped and split at the lower end. Hand-painted with underglaze decoration of repeating pattern in blue of single leaf and stalk and, in relief and painted, a bud.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.5cm
  • Diameter: 8.4cm
  • Include handle length: 10.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (Painted in underglaze blue)
  • (6 Cups: '52' painted in underglaze blue on three; '1633 12' impressed on one; '1633 39' impressed on two; '53 1' impressed on three.)
Object history
The drawings for this set are in the Architektursammlung der Technischen Universitat, Munich.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Hiesinger, Kathryn Bloom, ed. Art Nouveau in Munich, Munich, 1988, pp. 107-147.
Collection
Accession number
C.31H-1990

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Record createdOctober 31, 2008
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