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

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1756-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea bowl and saucer of porcelain, transfer-printed and painted with enamels in crimson and gilded, and with a wavy edge and a border of basketwork pattern moulded in relief.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Porcelain transfer-printed and painted with enamels, gilded and moulded
Brief description
Tea bowl and saucer of porcelain, transfer-printed and painted with enamels in crimson and gilded, and with a wavy edge and a border of basketwork pattern moulded in relief, made by Vauxhall porcelain factory, Vauxhall, ca. 1756-60
Physical description
Tea bowl and saucer of porcelain, transfer-printed and painted with enamels in crimson and gilded, and with a wavy edge and a border of basketwork pattern moulded in relief.
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Fournier, Paris, for 16 shillings in April 1874
Production
Considered to be Vauxhall by Dr Bernard Watney, 1991
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For other Vauxhall teawares transfer-printed in puce monochrome, see The English Ceramic Circle, Ceramics of Vauxhall (2007), cat. 49-50, where dated 1758-60 and 1756-58
Other number
Sch. I 447&A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:669/&A-1885

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
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