Cup

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

Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Bell-shaped with no handle. In the front is a medallion with the badge of the Prince of Wales, three ostrich feathers with a coronet and motto 'Ich dien'. Beside it are sprays in gold. Border of paterae in blue and gold. Gilt festoons inside.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Caughley porcelain factory, probably enamelled and gilded at Chamberlain's factory, Worcester, ca. 1783-93
Physical description
Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Bell-shaped with no handle. In the front is a medallion with the badge of the Prince of Wales, three ostrich feathers with a coronet and motto 'Ich dien'. Beside it are sprays in gold. Border of paterae in blue and gold. Gilt festoons inside.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.6cm
  • Diameter: 7.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'S' (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Alfred Darby, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For other similar services with the crest of the Prince of Wales see Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Caughley in Colour, exhibition catalogue, 2005, cat. 81-84, where it is suggested that they were probably made for use at Carlton House.
Collection
Accession number
C.100-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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