Cup
ca. 1765 (made)
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Cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On either side is a group of exotic birds among bushes in a shaped panel with a border of gilt flowers and scrollwork, reserved on a mazarine-blue ground. Two wavy loop handles.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Chelsea Porcelain factory, Chelsea, ca. 1765 |
| Physical description | Cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On either side is a group of exotic birds among bushes in a shaped panel with a border of gilt flowers and scrollwork, reserved on a mazarine-blue ground. Two wavy loop handles. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor (In gold) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from [illegible] Reverend William [?] Ponsonby, for £10 in June 1874 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 214 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:389-1885 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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