Coffee Cup
early 19th century (made)
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Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical with a gilt border round the top, and below is a scene from Gessner's 'Idylls' showing a man bearing a tray of food to another who lies asleep.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain, possibly Treviso porcelain factory, Treviso, early 19th century. |
| Physical description | Coffee cup of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical with a gilt border round the top, and below is a scene from Gessner's 'Idylls' showing a man bearing a tray of food to another who lies asleep. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
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| Accession number | C.1724-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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