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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Cup and Saucer

1847-1871 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup and saucer of porcelain, painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. Both pieces slightly quatrefoiled, painted with festoons of flowers hanging from a turquoise-blue border edged with gilt scrolls; on the border are groups of fruit. Inside the cup are garlands of flowers tied with gilt ribbons; on the bottom of it and in the middle of the saucer is a gilt rosette.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Cup and saucer of porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, Copeland & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, 1847-1871
Physical description
Cup and saucer of porcelain, painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. Both pieces slightly quatrefoiled, painted with festoons of flowers hanging from a turquoise-blue border edged with gilt scrolls; on the border are groups of fruit. Inside the cup are garlands of flowers tied with gilt ribbons; on the bottom of it and in the middle of the saucer is a gilt rosette.
Marks and inscriptions
Double 'C' and 'COPELAND' (Printed in green)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
2708&A-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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