Cabinet Cup
ca. 1790 (made)
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The Derby porcelain factory specialised in this type of finely painted cabinet cup in the 1790s. Such cabinet-pieces were mainly intended for display and were valued as small-scale works of art. They were rarely, if ever, used. The Derby pattern books indicate that James Banford was to paint the medallions on cups with this border pattern.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Phosphatic soft-paste porcelain, thrown and turned, and painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Cabinet-cup with cover and stand of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, probably painted by J. Banford, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, ca. 1790. |
| Physical description | Cabinet-cup with cover and stand of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Diapered with circular blue spots alternating with stars, and with a ground of pink dots. |
| Marks and inscriptions | A crown with crossed batons and six dots |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs N.N. Robbins |
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| Summary | The Derby porcelain factory specialised in this type of finely painted cabinet cup in the 1790s. Such cabinet-pieces were mainly intended for display and were valued as small-scale works of art. They were rarely, if ever, used. The Derby pattern books indicate that James Banford was to paint the medallions on cups with this border pattern. |
| Bibliographic reference | Young, Hilary. English Porcelain, 1745-95. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1999. 229p., ill. ISBN 1851772820. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.22 to B-1955 |
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| Record created | December 3, 2002 |
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