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

Mug

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of porcelain, painted with black enamel outline washed over with green enamel and with red, and cylindrical in shape, with a loop handle, and on the front is a quatrefoil-shaped panel with a black and red border enclosing a landscape with a church in black and green, and on one side of the panel is a pheasant perched on a spray, and on the other side are three birds flying.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with black enamel outline and washed over with green enamel
Brief description
Mug of porcelain, painted with black enamel outline washed over with green enamel and with red, and cylindrical in shape, with a loop handle, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1765.
Physical description
Mug of porcelain, painted with black enamel outline washed over with green enamel and with red, and cylindrical in shape, with a loop handle, and on the front is a quatrefoil-shaped panel with a black and red border enclosing a landscape with a church in black and green, and on one side of the panel is a pheasant perched on a spray, and on the other side are three birds flying.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Diameter: 14.3cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Nixon & Rhodes, London, for £1 10 shillings in 1867
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 521 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:584-1885

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Record createdJanuary 20, 2009
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