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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. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and on the front is an Italian landscape with a waterfall, castle and a bridge in an oval medallion surrounded by a wreath of husk-pattern in light blue and suspended by crimson ribbons, and on either side are bunches of fruit and leaves.


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. 1780.
Physical description
Mug of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and on the front is an Italian landscape with a waterfall, castle and a bridge in an oval medallion surrounded by a wreath of husk-pattern in light blue and suspended by crimson ribbons, and on either side are bunches of fruit and leaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm
  • Diameter: 6.9cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Noke, Worcester, for £1 in November 1870
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 592 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:583-1885

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Record createdJanuary 26, 2009
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