Cup, Cover and Saucer
ca. 1805-1810 (made)
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Cup, cover and saucer of bone china painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. On either side of the cup is an eight-sided panel containing, one, a distant view of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, the other, a landscape with a ruined Gothic building, a horseman, and a beggar. On the cover are two similar compartments separated by oak-leaves and acorns. The cup has two scrolled loop handles.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Bone china, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Cup, cover and saucer, bone china painted with enamels and gilded, Davenport & Co., Longport, ca. 1805-1810. |
| Physical description | Cup, cover and saucer of bone china painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. On either side of the cup is an eight-sided panel containing, one, a distant view of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, the other, a landscape with a ruined Gothic building, a horseman, and a beggar. On the cover are two similar compartments separated by oak-leaves and acorns. The cup has two scrolled loop handles. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Production | Illustrated in T.A. Lockett and G.A. Godden in Davenport: China, Earthenware & Glass (1989), fig. 303, where dated to ca. 1805-10. |
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| Accession number | 2549 to B-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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