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Coffee Cup

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

Coffee cup of porcelain. Nearly cylindrical with loop handle. Painted with an oval panel, reserved on a yellow ground, with a landscape in natural colours with a river, a bridge, hills, rocks and trees, and two small figures, within a border of stylised laurel leaves in gold; at the top and bottom line borders in gold.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Coffee cup, porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Pinxton Porcelain Factory, England (Pinxton), ca. 1800
Physical description
Coffee cup of porcelain. Nearly cylindrical with loop handle. Painted with an oval panel, reserved on a yellow ground, with a landscape in natural colours with a river, a bridge, hills, rocks and trees, and two small figures, within a border of stylised laurel leaves in gold; at the top and bottom line borders in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.0cm
  • Diameter: 6.4cm
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.227-1918

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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