Teacup and Saucer
ca. 1725-1730 (made)
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Teacup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain. Painted on the sides of the cup with sprays of flowers in orange-red, blue, green and gold, and round the bottom a band of gadrooning in red and purple; round the rim, inside, a border of symmetrical foliation and dots in red, and at the bottom a small sprig in red, gold and green; on the saucer a formal flowering branch in orange-red, green, brown and gold, with a brown and gold bird perched on it; round the rim a similar border of foliation and dots in red.
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 gilt |
| Brief description | Teacup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Imperial Vienna Porcelain factory, Austria, ca. 1725-30 |
| Physical description | Teacup and saucer of soft-paste porcelain. Painted on the sides of the cup with sprays of flowers in orange-red, blue, green and gold, and round the bottom a band of gadrooning in red and purple; round the rim, inside, a border of symmetrical foliation and dots in red, and at the bottom a small sprig in red, gold and green; on the saucer a formal flowering branch in orange-red, green, brown and gold, with a brown and gold bird perched on it; round the rim a similar border of foliation and dots in red. |
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| Accession number | C.758&A-1922 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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