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

Coffee Cup and Saucer

middle of 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Coffee cup and saucer of porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded. Gros-blue ground painted with birds alighting on a tree in relief in gold, enclosed by a horse shoe-shaped panel of scrollwork in reserve picked out in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded
Brief description
Coffee cup and saucer of porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded, possibly Arras porcelain factory, France, middle of 19th century.
Physical description
Coffee cup and saucer of porcelain painted with blue enamel and gilded. Gros-blue ground painted with birds alighting on a tree in relief in gold, enclosed by a horse shoe-shaped panel of scrollwork in reserve picked out in gold.
Marks and inscriptions
'A R ' (In underglaze blue, in imitation of the mark on Arras porcelain)
Credit line
Bequeathed by D. M. Currie
Production
Dating from label
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.468&A-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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