Beaker
ca. 1796-1813 (made)
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Beaker of porcelain. Inverted truncated cone-shape. On one side is a landscape with a large tree in the foreground, painted in enamel colours. Inside the rim, a formal border in pink and gold.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Beaker, porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, Pinxton Porcelain Factory, England, ca. 1796-1813 |
| Physical description | Beaker of porcelain. Inverted truncated cone-shape. On one side is a landscape with a large tree in the foreground, painted in enamel colours. Inside the rim, a formal border in pink and gold. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | This piece has a glassy, translucent paste and was probaly made bfore Billingsley left the factory; compare a plate in the Museum, No. 3081-1901, and the note thereon in Catalogue of the Museum of Practical Geology, J. 102, p. 256. Formerly in the William Bemrose Collection. |
| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B., Old English Porcelain: a handbook for collectors. London: Faber & Faber, 1948.
Pl. 99A, p. 208. |
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| Accession number | C.361-1935 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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