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

Tea Cup

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea cup of soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Decorated with an oval medallion with a mountain view enclosed in a wreathed border against a yellow ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded
Brief description
Tea cup of soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded, Pinxton Porcelain Factory, Pinxton, ca. 1800
Physical description
Tea cup of soft-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Decorated with an oval medallion with a mountain view enclosed in a wreathed border against a yellow ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6cm
  • Diameter: 7.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'T' (Impressed)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.228-1918

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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