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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Mug

ca. 1768-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of hard-paste porcelain, cylindrical with reeded loop handle and recessed base. Painted with classical ruins, a pyramid and an urn in pale colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours
Brief description
Mug, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours, Plymouth Porcelain Factory, England (Plymouth), about 1768-70
Physical description
Mug of hard-paste porcelain, cylindrical with reeded loop handle and recessed base. Painted with classical ruins, a pyramid and an urn in pale colours.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.4cm
  • Diameter: 9.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
The alchemist's sign for tin (In red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Object history
From Mrs. A.K. Richardon, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1934.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.113-1938

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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