Cup
ca. 1770 (made)
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Chocolate cup with handle of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and the outside has exotic birds among bushes in three fan-shaped panels separated by insects enclosed in small circular medallions, reserved in white on a powder-blue ground, which is enriched with gilt chrysanthemum-sprays.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Chocolate cup with handle of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770. |
| Physical description | Chocolate cup with handle of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and the outside has exotic birds among bushes in three fan-shaped panels separated by insects enclosed in small circular medallions, reserved in white on a powder-blue ground, which is enriched with gilt chrysanthemum-sprays. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of two cups with 414:658-1885 (Sch. I 548) These two cups were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Wareham, London, for £5 in February 1871 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 548A - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:658/A-1885 |
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| Record created | January 21, 2009 |
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