Cup and Saucer
ca. 1776 (made)
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Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1776. |
| Physical description | Tea cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. |
| Marks and inscriptions | A cross (In overglaze blue) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | One of two tea cups and saucers with C.634B&C-1935. Formerly in the collections of William Edkin, who purchased the set at the sale of T. G. G. White in 1877, and Alfred Trapnell. From a service made as a wedding present for Sir Robert Smyth, Bart. of Berechurch Hall, near Colcester, who married Charlotte Blake in 1776. |
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| Accession number | C.634&A-1935 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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