Cup

1783-93 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue and painted with enamels. Outside are three Chinese figures in polychrome. Inside is a diaper border printed in blue.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue and painted with enamels
Brief description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue and painted with enamels, Caughley porcelain factory, probably enamelled at Chamberlain's factory, Worcester, ca. 1783-93
Physical description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in underglaze blue and painted with enamels. Outside are three Chinese figures in polychrome. Inside is a diaper border printed in blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.4cm
  • Diameter: 5.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'C' (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Alfred Darby, Esq.
Production
The underglaze blue decoration was carried out at the Caughley factory, and the enamelling were probably added at Chamberlain's works
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
See Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Caughley in Colour, exhibition catalogue, 2005, cat. 153, for a cream jug with enamelling attributed to Chamberlain's factory, which has a similar combination of this underglaze blue border and enamelled Chinoiserie figures
Collection
Accession number
C.101-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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