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

Cup and Saucer

1775-1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Both cup and saucer are moulded with borders of reeding, a band of beads and a band of intersecting ovals. The cup has concave sides, turning in at a sharp angle to the foot. Scrolled handle. Both cup and saucer are painted in colours with landscapes with buildings and monuments, within gilt borders of intersecting ovals and running scroll pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cups
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Cup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Würzburg porcelain factory, Thuringia, Germany, 1775-1780
Physical description
Cup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain. Both cup and saucer are moulded with borders of reeding, a band of beads and a band of intersecting ovals. The cup has concave sides, turning in at a sharp angle to the foot. Scrolled handle. Both cup and saucer are painted in colours with landscapes with buildings and monuments, within gilt borders of intersecting ovals and running scroll pattern.
Marks and inscriptions
'C. G.' impressed
Credit line
Bequeathed by J. A. Tulk
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.60&A-1956

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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