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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Chocolate-Cup, Cover and Saucer

ca. 1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Chocolate-cup, cover and saucer of porcelain, stipple-printed in black with bouquets and detached sprigs of flowers. The cup has two scrolled handles, the cover a gilt knob.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Cup
  • Cover
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with gilt and stipple-printed decoration
Brief description
Chocolate-cup, cover and saucer, porcelain with gilt and stipple-printed decoration in black, made by Spode Ceramic Works, England, ca. 1810
Physical description
Chocolate-cup, cover and saucer of porcelain, stipple-printed in black with bouquets and detached sprigs of flowers. The cup has two scrolled handles, the cover a gilt knob.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Of the same form as a cup and saucer, No. 414&A-1899, in the collection given to the Museum by Miss H. M. Gulson, grand-niece of the third Josiah Spode.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Rackam, Bernard. Catalogue of the Herbert Allen Collection of English Porcelain. 2nd ed., London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Ceramics, Printed under the authority of his Majesty's Stationery Office, 1923, p. 142, Cat. no. 559
Collection
Accession number
C.722 to B-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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