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

Mug

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and painted with festoons and sprays of flowers in shaped panels surrounded by gilt rococo scrollwork and reserved in white on a ground of dark blue scale-pattern.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Mug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Mug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and painted with festoons and sprays of flowers in shaped panels surrounded by gilt rococo scrollwork and reserved in white on a ground of dark blue scale-pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.7cm
  • Diameter: 8.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'W' (In blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mrs Haliburton, Isleworth, for £2 10 shillings in April 1866
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 574 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:580-1885

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Record createdJanuary 23, 2009
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