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

Coffee Cup

1769-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, and on the front are two exotic birds amongst trees in a landscape, painted en camaïeu, and the birds are in blue enamel, the remainder in crimson.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, probably painted by M. Socquet, made by Plymouth Porcelain Factory, Plymouth, 1769-1770
Physical description
Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, and on the front are two exotic birds amongst trees in a landscape, painted en camaïeu, and the birds are in blue enamel, the remainder in crimson.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6cm
  • Diameter: 6cm
Marks and inscriptions
Sign for tin (In overglaze blue enamel)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Miss Tregellis, Knightsbridge, for £1 17 shillings 6 pence, in November 1868
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 723 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:727-1885

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Record createdFebruary 5, 2009
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