Coffee Cup
ca. 1770 (made)
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Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain with a loop handle, painted in enamels and gilded; painted outside in brown, red, crimson and green, with a flowering fruit-tree, the stem and spreading branches of which are represented as passing beyond, and reappearing from above, the level of the rim; with gilt outlines to the trunk and branches of the tree, and gilded bamboo plants growing beside it
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain with a loop handle, painted in enamels and gilded, made by Plymouth Porcelain Factory, Plymouth, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain with a loop handle, painted in enamels and gilded; painted outside in brown, red, crimson and green, with a flowering fruit-tree, the stem and spreading branches of which are represented as passing beyond, and reappearing from above, the level of the rim; with gilt outlines to the trunk and branches of the tree, and gilded bamboo plants growing beside it |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of two cups 414:725/A-1885 (Sch. I 721A). The original pattern for the cups came from 414:725/C-1885 (Sch. I 821) This bowl and cups were all purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mr C. Prideaux, Knightsbridge, the bowl and two cups for 10 shillings, and one 'Oriental piece' for 5 shillings, in November 1868 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 721B - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:725/B-1885 |
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| Record created | February 5, 2009 |
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