Puzzle Cup
1684 (made)
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Puzzle cup, tin-glazed earthenware, buff body colour, white glaze. Glaze on foot-rim worn away. The areas between the three handles are each painted with a chinese figure seated in an oriental landscape, one of them beneath an elaborate umbrella, and the inscription C/T E/1684, in blue. The underside is painted with an 'I' in blue. All three handles are hollow and connected through their vertical nozzles to the false bottom of the cup. This hidden space is in turn connected to the interior of the cup with a hole. One of the handle has an additional hole underneath the vertical nozzle. The handles are flat on the inside and rounded on the outside.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Puzzle cup, tin-glazed earthenware, painted decoration of a Chinese figure seated in oriental landscape and an inscription, London, 1684. |
| Physical description | Puzzle cup, tin-glazed earthenware, buff body colour, white glaze. Glaze on foot-rim worn away. The areas between the three handles are each painted with a chinese figure seated in an oriental landscape, one of them beneath an elaborate umbrella, and the inscription C/T E/1684, in blue. The underside is painted with an 'I' in blue. All three handles are hollow and connected through their vertical nozzles to the false bottom of the cup. This hidden space is in turn connected to the interior of the cup with a hole. One of the handle has an additional hole underneath the vertical nozzle. The handles are flat on the inside and rounded on the outside. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology before 1871. Transferred, 1901. |
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| Other number | D4. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
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| Accession number | 3840-1901 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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