Cup
1783-93 (made)
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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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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| Accession number | C.101-1921 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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