Cup
ca. 1765-1770 (made)
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Tea cup of porcelain, painted with underglaze blue and moulded in relief, and the outside is moulded with floral sprays laid over a pattern of vertical ribs, which is interrupted by three shaped panels with borders of rococo scrollwork, and Chinese landscapes or groups of trees are painted inside these panels, and round the rim internally and externally are borders of Chinese trellis-diaper, and inside on the bottom is painted a spray of flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with underglaze blue and moulded in relief |
| Brief description | Tea cup of porcelain, painted with underglaze blue and moulded in relief, made by Philip Christian & Co., Liverpool, ca. 1765-70. |
| Physical description | Tea cup of porcelain, painted with underglaze blue and moulded in relief, and the outside is moulded with floral sprays laid over a pattern of vertical ribs, which is interrupted by three shaped panels with borders of rococo scrollwork, and Chinese landscapes or groups of trees are painted inside these panels, and round the rim internally and externally are borders of Chinese trellis-diaper, and inside on the bottom is painted a spray of flowers. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a two cups with 414:674-1885 (Sch. I 475) There are no details of where Lady Charlotte Schreiber bought these pieces in her annotations to the first edition of the catalogue of the Schreiber catalogue |
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| Other number | Sch. I 475A - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:674/A-1885 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2009 |
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