Cup
ca. 1800 (made)
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Drinking cup of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel and painted with enamels over the glaze, and straight-sided widening towards the top. On one side is a rococo panel with a ship sailing into a harbour, a fisherman and a boy in the foreground, and on the other side is a compass marked with all the points and inscribed above on a scroll 'Come Box the Compass' and in the middle 'I.JOHNSON, LIVERPOOL'. Both prints are painted over in red, yellow, green and purple enamels.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel and painted with enamels over the glaze |
| Brief description | Drinking cup of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel and painted with enamels over the glaze, Herculaneum Factory, Liverpool, ca. 1800. |
| Physical description | Drinking cup of earthenware transfer-printed in black enamel and painted with enamels over the glaze, and straight-sided widening towards the top. On one side is a rococo panel with a ship sailing into a harbour, a fisherman and a boy in the foreground, and on the other side is a compass marked with all the points and inscribed above on a scroll 'Come Box the Compass' and in the middle 'I.JOHNSON, LIVERPOOL'. Both prints are painted over in red, yellow, green and purple enamels. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
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| Other number | Sch. II 413 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:1112-1885 |
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| Record created | May 6, 2009 |
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