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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

1756-1759 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. With a silver mount round the base. Truncated cone-shape and with three hoops in relief coloured blue, and a loop handle in the form of a twig. Painted with sprays of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded, and with a silver mount
Brief description
Mug of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded, Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, Frankenthal, 1756-1759
Physical description
Mug of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. With a silver mount round the base. Truncated cone-shape and with three hoops in relief coloured blue, and a loop handle in the form of a twig. Painted with sprays of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.9cm
  • Diameter: 8.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Paris standard mark (Stamped)
  • Indistinct mark
Credit line
Given by J. H. Fitzhenry
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.326-1909

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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