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

Mug

ca. 1753-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of soft-paste porcelain, bell-shaped, with flat scroll-handle. Painted with bouquets of flowers in pink, red, green, purple and blue; reddish brown edge; on the handle a spray of flowers in red and green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Mug, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, Longton Hall porcelain factory, England (Staffordshire), ca. 1755-60
Physical description
Mug of soft-paste porcelain, bell-shaped, with flat scroll-handle. Painted with bouquets of flowers in pink, red, green, purple and blue; reddish brown edge; on the handle a spray of flowers in red and green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
  • Diameter: 8.6cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Old English porcelain; a handbook for collectors London: Faber & Faber, 1948, Pl. 62B, pp. 137-139
Collection
Accession number
C.947-1924

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Record createdMay 29, 2009
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