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Saucer

ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, decorated with festoons of flowers hung from a gilt horizontal line.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Saucer, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1775
Physical description
Saucer, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, decorated with festoons of flowers hung from a gilt horizontal line.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 14.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
A cross and '2' (In overglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of a chocolate cup with a cover and saucer 414:769/ to B-1885 (Sch. I 761 to B)
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Kerridge, London, for £8 in August 1882
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 761B - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:769/B-1885

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Record createdFebruary 11, 2009
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