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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tea Bowl, Coffee Cup and Saucer

ca. 1770-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea bowl, coffee cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and enamels and gilded. Fluted with a scalloped edges. Painted with sprays of flowers in green, red, yellow and rose-pink. Scalloped borders outside in underglaze blue, marbled in gold, and with scalloped line borders in red within the cups.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Tea Cup
  • Coffee Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tea bowl, coffee cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and enamels and gilded, made in Liverpool, ca. 1770-1780.
Physical description
Tea bowl, coffee cup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and enamels and gilded. Fluted with a scalloped edges. Painted with sprays of flowers in green, red, yellow and rose-pink. Scalloped borders outside in underglaze blue, marbled in gold, and with scalloped line borders in red within the cups.
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1074 to B-1924

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Record createdMay 28, 2009
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