Coffee Cup and Holder

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Artist/Maker	Wellner-Soehne (maker)
Place of origin	Austria (made)

Coffee cup of plain white porcelain, circular with an indented rim at the base. The holder is a cylinder with a pierced frieze of alternating narrow slits and diamond shaped sections pierced by a circular hole. The underside of the base is stamped with the mark; Café Astora.

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Categories	Access_to_Images 2003 Metalwork Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
Object type	Coffee cup and holder
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Coffee Cup Coffee Cup Holder
Title	Coffee Cup and Holder (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Electroplated nickel silver with porcelain cup Porcelain Electroplated Nickel Silver Electroplated
Brief description	Coffee cup and holder from a Coffee Service. Electroplate with a porcelain cup, Austria, c.1910. Marked Café Astora and maker's mark Wellner-Soehne.
Physical description	Coffee cup of plain white porcelain, circular with an indented rim at the base. The holder is a cylinder with a pierced frieze of alternating narrow slits and diamond shaped sections pierced by a circular hole. The underside of the base is stamped with the mark; Café Astora.
Dimensions	Service height: 8.8cm Service length: 27.2cm Service width: 14.4cm
Marks and inscriptions	(“Cafe Astoria”~Engraved: “Cafe Astoria”)
Credit line	Given by Suzanne Lang
Object history	"Suzanne Lang gift From a coffee service. The design of the service is a commercial interpretation of the Jugenstil aesthetic."
Other number	90/2387 - RF number
Collection	Metalwork Collection
Accession number	M.36:1, 2-1991

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Record created	March 15, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O96874/coffee-cup-and-holder-coffee-cup-and-wellner-soehne/

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