Coffee Cup
ca. 1750-1760 (made)
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A Chinese figure standing beside a rock and a tree in an oriental landscape in yellow, blue and manganese-purple.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.
Shape: Handle flat on the inside, rounded on the outside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greyish white.
Shape: Handle flat on the inside, rounded on the outside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours |
| Brief description | Chinese figure in an oriental landscape |
| Physical description | A Chinese figure standing beside a rock and a tree in an oriental landscape in yellow, blue and manganese-purple. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Greyish white. Shape: Handle flat on the inside, rounded on the outside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Mellor Bequest |
| Object history | Exhibited: Rijksmuseum, No: 163. |
| Production | London (probably Lambeth High Street, William Griffith) |
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| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8 |
| Other number | H6. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.10-1963 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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