Breakfast Cup and Saucer

ca. 1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Breakfast cup and saucer of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with a pseudo-Japanese design of flowering creepers in radial thistle-shaped panels reserved on a red ground with symmetrical floral ornament in gold.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Breakfast cup and saucer of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, factory of Barr, Flight & Barr, Worcester, ca. 1800.
Physical description
Breakfast cup and saucer of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with a pseudo-Japanese design of flowering creepers in radial thistle-shaped panels reserved on a red ground with symmetrical floral ornament in gold.
Marks and inscriptions
'B' and a rough crescent (Incised)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.482&A-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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