Cup
ca. 1783-93 (made)
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Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the front is the badge of the Prince of Wales, three ostrich feathers with a coronet and motto 'Ich dien'. Round the top, outside, is a laurel wreath on a blue ground. Inside is a border of gilt discs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, enamels and gilded, Caughley porcelain factory, probably gilded at Chamberlain's factory, Worcester, ca. 1783-93 |
| Physical description | Coffee cup of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the front is the badge of the Prince of Wales, three ostrich feathers with a coronet and motto 'Ich dien'. Round the top, outside, is a laurel wreath on a blue ground. Inside is a border of gilt discs. |
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| Credit line | Given by Alfred Darby, Esq. |
| Object history | From a service made for George, Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV. |
| Production | The underglaze blue decoration was carried out at the Caughley factory, and the gilding and enamelling were added at Chamberlain's works |
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| Bibliographic reference | For this and other similar services 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. |
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| Accession number | C.99-1921 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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