Cup and Saucer
ca. 1770 (made)
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The cup has a scroll handle picked out in gold; both are painted with festoons of flowers in natural colours, and borders of lilac and white “mosaic”, and gilt scrollwork.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, Ansbach porcelain factory, Bavaria, Germany, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | The cup has a scroll handle picked out in gold; both are painted with festoons of flowers in natural colours, and borders of lilac and white “mosaic”, and gilt scrollwork. |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'A' below the Russian eagle (In underglaze blue) |
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| Accession number | C.222&A-1926 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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