Chocolate Cup and Saucer
ca. 1770-75 (made)
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Caudle or chocolate cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and decorated with borders of scale pattern in claret colour and gold and edged with gold scrolls from which hang festoons of flowers.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Caudle or chocolate cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1770-75 |
| Physical description | Caudle or chocolate cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and decorated with borders of scale pattern in claret colour and gold and edged with gold scrolls from which hang festoons of flowers. |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a set with two cups and saucers 414:456/&C-1885 (Sch. I 365&C) The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dalgleish, London, for £6 in August 1868 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 365B&A - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:456/B&A-1885 |
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| Record created | January 23, 2009 |
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