Egg-Cup
ca. 1762 (made)
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Egg-cup of soft-paste porcelain. The sides are painted with Chinese lake scenes. The stem is encircled with a pair of plain lines, and the foot has a border of scrolls round the edge.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Egg-cup, soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, England, ca. 1762 |
| Physical description | Egg-cup of soft-paste porcelain. The sides are painted with Chinese lake scenes. The stem is encircled with a pair of plain lines, and the foot has a border of scrolls round the edge. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '23' |
| Credit line | Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Watney, Bernard. English blue and white porcelain of the eighteenth century, 2nd ed., London: Faber and Faber, 1973, where dated ca. 1762 |
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| Accession number | C.617-1924 |
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| Record created | May 13, 2009 |
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